Red-necked Falcon

Red-necked falcon, Photo: Sadat Amin Khan

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তুরমতি/শিরেল/লাল-ঘাড় শাহীন

Falco chicquera  , Daudin, 1800

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

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Photos by:

• Sadat Amin Khan
• A.N.M Aminoor Rahman
• Abdul Fattah
• Ikbal H. Babu
• Asif Ishtiaque
• Dr.Mahabubur Rahman Munna
• 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.

Reference:

• Ebird
• Oiseaux-birds

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