Latin Etymology: Falco ("falcon") eleonorae (named for Eleonor of Arborea)
Second Year Female Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae) at Worth Marshes, Kent- June 2022
Featured Subspecies: N/A
Weight: 390g / Length: 36-42cm / Wingspan: 87-104cm
UK STATUS NOT EVALUATED/ IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Eleonora's falcon is a somewhat unusual species of falcon in how specialised it is - it breeds almost exclusively on rocky offshore islands of the Mediterranean, then following migrating prey species to Mozambique and Madagascar in the Winter. It feels somewhat like an intermediary species between Hobby and Peregrine in size and buils, although unlike either it comes in multiple colour morphs. This individual was an extremely rare vagrant to the UK that actually stuck around long enough to be twitchable.
Related Species:
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Falco
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - An extremely rare vagrant.
- Seen at Worth Marshes (a vagrant in June 2022)
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