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
World Distribution:
BREEDS Mediterranean shores, WINTERS south to Tanzania & Madagascar
Habitat:
Scrub, cliffs
Diet:
Small birds and large insects taken in flight, mostly early morning/late evening
TitBit:
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)
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Merseyside, 1977
(Copleston, A. & Horton, K.W. 1980. British Birds 73:328-332)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
5
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Outer Hebrides
(1985),
North-east England:
East Yorkshire
(1981),
North-west England:
Lancashire
(1977),
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
Norfolk
(1987),
Suffolk
(2003),
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
No Records
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
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
Spanish:
Halcón de Eleonor
Swedish:
Eleonorafalk
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
No books written recently
See Also:
Wikipedia entry
European Species Action Plan
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
These data should be cited as: Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)
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