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| Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus [Linnaeus, 1766] | |
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family: Falconidae |
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BTO Codes:
FV , REFFA
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EURING No: 3070 | |
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Number in Britain:
14 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
30 cm
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Wingspan: 72 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 160 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: falco=falcom (from falcis=sickle, ref hooked talons) and L.: vespertinus=of evening (from vesper=evening) |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: e Europe & c Asia, WINTERS Africa s of Sahara |
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Habitat:
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Open woodland, steppe, farmland |
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Diet:
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Insects, young fed on small vertebrates |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
1830
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
680
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
May to June (some through October)
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
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Ayrshire
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Borders
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Clyde
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Dumfries & Galloway
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Fife
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Highland
(1999),
Lothian
(1997),
Northeast
(2003),
Outer Hebrides
(2001),
Orkney
(2003),
Perth & Kinross
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Shetland
(1996),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2004),
Durham
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Northumberland
(2004),
East Yorkshire
(2001),
North Yorkshire
(2003),
South Yorkshire
(1999),
West Yorkshire
(1992),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
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Cumbria
(1932),
Lancashire
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
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Leicestershire
(1997),
Northamptonshire
(1997),
Nottinghamshire
(2002),
Shropshire
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Staffordshire
(1977),
Warwickshire
(2003),
Worcestershire
(2001),
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Eastern England:
Bedfordshire
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Cambridgeshire
(2003),
Essex
(2003),
Hertfordshire
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Lincolnshire
(2003),
Norfolk
(2004),
Suffolk
(2004),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(2003),
Buckinghamshire
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Hampshire
(2003),
Isle of Wight
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Kent
(2004),
Greater London
(1996),
Oxfordshire
(1997),
Surrey
(1998),
East Sussex
(1999),
West Sussex
(2004),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2001),
Devon
(2003),
Dorset
(2003),
Gloucestershire
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Somerset
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Wiltshire
(2001),
Isles of Scilly
(1995),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1986),
Ceredigion
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Clwyd
(1868),
Glamorgan
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Pembrokeshire
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: Seabhag-dhearg-chasach | Welsh: Cudyll Troedgoch |
| Danish: Aftenfalk | Dutch: Roodpootvalk |
| Finnish: Punajalkahaukka | French: Faucon kobez |
| German: Rotfussfalke | Hungarian: Kék vércse |
| Icelandic: Kvöldfálki | Irish: Fabhcún Cosdearg |
| Italian: Falco cuculo | Norwegian: Aftenfalk |
| Polish: Kobczyk zwyczajny | Portuguese: Falcão-pés-vermelhos |
| Spanish: Cernícalo patirrojo | Swedish: Aftonfalk |
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