NEW ZEALAND FALCON

Photographed from Slaughterhouse Lodge, Hector, South Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

1291                           NEW ZEALAND FALCON                Falco novaeseelandiae

NEW ZEALAND                  116

Also known by Maori name Karearea. Uncommon endemic. Found in forests and bush patches, open tussock land of South Island. Juveniles wander to cities, orchards, and offshore islands.

NOTE: Very distant photographs of the falcon resting on the next hill spur. Will replace with better shots when able to.

PEREGRINE FALCON

Photographed at Chitwen National Park, Nepal, March 2017

(*   42)                PEREGRINE FALCON                Falco peregrinus

NEPAL            142

Breeds in open rugged hills and mountains, also lakes and large rivers in winter. 38-51 cm. Locally frequent, generally uncommon resident, winter visitor and passage migrant.

RED-NECKED FALCON

996                  RED-NECKED FALCON                  Falco chicquera

NEPAL                51

Found in open country with trees. 31-36 cm. Resident, uncommon at Koshi, rare everywhere else.

GREY FALCON

Photographed near Barkley Homestead, Northern Territory May 2016

779               GREY FALCON            Falco hypoleucos

Australia         (623)

Found in lightly treed inland plains; gibber deserts, sand ridges, pastoral lands, timbered watercourses; seldom in driest deserts. 30-44 cm, span to 90cm. Female larger. Range: resident or nomadic visitor to inland parts of all mainland States, especially in Simpson desert-Strezlecki Track region of NT, SA, w Q and far nw NSW; nw coast of WA from Shark Bay to e Kimberley; ne coast near Townsville (Q) rare to very rare; sedentary, dispersive or part-migratory.

Central-west Queensland, August 2017

BLACK FALCON

Photographed near Coonamble, NSW December 2014

456         BLACK FALCON              Falco subniger   

Australia       (304)

Endemic to Australia mainland, found in most areas except driest se WA, w SA and sw NT. Found on plains, grassland, foothills, timbered watercourses, wetland environments, crops, occasionally over towns and cities. 45-55 cm, wingspan to 1.2 m.  

AUSTRALIAN HOBBY

Photographed at Gilgandra, NSW

298             AUSTRALIAN HOBBY            Falco longipennis

Australia             (268)

Also known as Little Falcon. 30-35 cm, wingspan to 90 cm, female larger. Range all over Australia. Found in open woodlands, grasslands with trees, environs of wetlands, lakes, rivers, timbered watercourses, city parks and well-treed suburbs.

BROWN FALCON

77      BROWN FALCON     Falco berigora

Australia    (77)

Ranges over all of Australia. 40-50 cm, wingspan up to 80 cms. Female larger. Colours may vary from light to dark morphs.