Red-necked Falcon

by NSSB Catalog · Published January 23, 2018 · Updated June 4, 2020

Red-necked falcon, Photo: Sadat Amin Khan

তুরমতি/শিরেল/লাল-ঘাড় শাহীন

Falco chicquera , Daudin, 1800

রাজ্য / Kingdom:	Animalia
বর্গ / Order:	Falconiformes
পরিবার / Family:	Falconidae
গন / Genus:	Falco
প্রজাতি / Species:	F. chicquera

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Asif Ishtiaque

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Asif Ishtiaque

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Dr.Mahabubur Rahman Munna

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Asif Ishtiaque

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Dr.Mahabubur Rahman Munna

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo-Milton Bennett

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Sadat Amin Khan

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Abdul Fattah

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Dr.Mahabubur Rahman Munna

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Abdul Fattah

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Sadat Amin Khan

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: ANM Aminoor Rahman

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: ANM Aminoor Rahman

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Sadat Amin Khan

: Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Abdul Fattah

: Red-necked Falcon , Photo- Milton Bennett

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Description

A powerful, small, fast flying bird having a long tail and a rufous crown and nape and also moustachial stripe. It has a wide yellow eye ring. Its upperpart is blue-grey, finely barred with dark grey to black and underpart is white with fine barrings.

Females are about 10% larger than males.

It mainly hunts bird, bats, large insects targeting from a perch and brings down its prey quite close to the ground.

Distribution: They are resident in sub-Saharan Africa, India and Nepal. They prefer semi-desert, palm Savannah, sparse vegetation.

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