Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae [Géné, 1839] |
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family: Falconidae |
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BTO Codes:
, ELEFA
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EURING No: 3110 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
38 cm
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Wingspan: 120 cm |
Weight:
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Scientific name from:
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L.: falco=falcom (from falcis=sickle, ref hooked talons) and after Giudicessa Eleonora d'Arborea (1350-1404), a Sardinian who made laws protecting birds of prey |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS Mediterranean shores, WINTERS south to Tanzania & Madagascar |
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Habitat:
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Scrub, cliffs |
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Diet:
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Small birds and large insects taken in flight, mostly early morning/late evening |
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TitBit:
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The breeding season of the Eleonora's Falcon is timed to occur with peak bird migration over the Mediterranean, so it lays eggs later than most other raptors (from mid-July). |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Merseyside, 1977
(Copleston, A. & Horton, K.W. 1980. British Birds 73:328-332)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
5
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Outer Hebrides
(1985),
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North-east England:
East Yorkshire
(1981),
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North-west England:
Lancashire
(1977),
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Norfolk
(1987),
Suffolk
(2003),
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South-east England:
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South-west England:
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Eleonorafalk | Dutch: Eleonora's valk |
| Finnish: Välimerenhaukka | French: Faucon d´Éléonore |
| German: Eleonorenfalke | Hungarian: Eleonóra-sólyom |
| Icelandic: Eyfálki | Irish: |
| Italian: Falco della Regina | Norwegian: Leonorafalk |
| Polish: Sokól skalny | Portuguese: Falcăo-da-rainha |
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Spanish:
Halcón de Eleonor
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Swedish: Eleonorafalk |
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BirdLife species page
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European Species Action Plan
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