Falcons, Kestrels, Hobbies and allies

CICONIIFORMES - suborder CICONII - Family Falconidae
This room displays photos of falcons and their allies, including kestrels and hobbies.

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Common Kestrel [1][2], Chôgebô or Falco tinnunculus. photo: 09/2001, Col de Pétragème, France. Peregrine Falcon [1][2], Hayabusa or Falco peregrinus. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan. Common Kestrel [3], Chôgebô or Falco tinnunculus. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan.

Australian Hobby, Oosutoraria Chigo Hayabusa or Falco longipennis. photo: 08/2003, Darwin, NT, Australia. Australian Kestrel, Oosutoraria Chôgebô or Falco cenchroides. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, WA, Australia. Brown Falcon, Chairo Hayabusa or Falco berigora. photo: 09/2003, Dryandora, WA, Australia.

Red-throated Caracara, Akanodo Karakara or Daptrius americanus. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname. Yellow-headed Caracara, Kibara Karakara or Milvago chimachima. photo: 08/2004, Zanderij, Suriname. Black Caracara [1][2], Kinodo Karakara or Daptrius ater. photo: 08/2004, Foengoe Island, Suriname.

Bat Falcon [1], Kômori Hayabusa or Falco rufigularis. photo: 08/2004, Foengoe Island, Suriname. Bat Falcon [2], Kômori Hayabusa or Falco rufigularis. Or Orange-breasted Falcon - Falco deiroleucus, possibly. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname. Greater Kestrel [1][2][3], Mejiro Chôgebô or Falco rupicoloides. photo: 08/2005, Etosha, Namibia.

Lesser Kestrel [1][2], Hime Chôgebô or Falco naumanni. photo: 09/2005, Daan Viljoen GR, Namibia. Collard Falconet, Momoaka Hime Hayabusa or Microhierax caerulescens. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand. Common Kestrel [3], Chôgebô or Falco tinnunculus. photo: 11/2007, Penghu Islands, Taiwan.

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