EURASIAN HOBBY

Photographed at South Lake, Perth, Western Australia February 2016

762            EURASIAN HOBBY          Franco subbutteo            

Australia          (606)

Found in open wooded area, has been recorded up to 4,00 kms. 29-36 cm, wingspan 74-84 cm. Range: found over most of Europa, not found in Iceland, Ireland, northern Scandinavia and Russia. From Europa east to the Pacific Ocean and Northern Japan. Migrates and spends winter in Africa south of the Sahara. 

Note: when not breeding it is crepuscular, hawking in the morning and evenings. It flies hard and fast taking large insects, small bats and small birds like swallows, swifts and pipits.

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.