Red-necked Falcon
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 |
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Asif Ishtiaque
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Asif Ishtiaque
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Dr.Mahabubur Rahman Munna
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Asif Ishtiaque
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Dr.Mahabubur Rahman Munna
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo-Milton Bennett
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Sadat Amin Khan
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Abdul Fattah
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Dr.Mahabubur Rahman Munna
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Abdul Fattah
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Sadat Amin Khan
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: ANM Aminoor Rahman
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: ANM Aminoor Rahman
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Sadat Amin Khan
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- Red-necked Falcon, Photo: Abdul Fattah
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- Red-necked Falcon , Photo- Milton Bennett
Photos by:
- Sadat Amin Khan
- A.N.M Aminoor Rahman
- Abdul Fattah
- Ikbal H. Babu
- Asif Ishtiaque
- Dr.Mahabubur Rahman Munna
- Milton Bennett
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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