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. |
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Peregrine Falcon [1][2], Hayabusa or Falco peregrinus. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan. |
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Common Kestrel [3], Chôgebô or Falco tinnunculus. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan. |
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| Australian Hobby, Oosutoraria Chigo Hayabusa or Falco longipennis. photo: 08/2003, Darwin, NT, Australia. |
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Australian Kestrel, Oosutoraria Chôgebô or Falco cenchroides. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, WA, Australia. |
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Brown Falcon, Chairo Hayabusa or Falco berigora. photo: 09/2003, Dryandora, WA, Australia. |
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| Red-throated Caracara, Akanodo Karakara or Daptrius americanus. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname. |
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Yellow-headed Caracara, Kibara Karakara or Milvago chimachima. photo: 08/2004, Zanderij, Suriname. |
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Black Caracara [1][2], Kinodo Karakara or Daptrius ater. photo: 08/2004, Foengoe Island, Suriname. |
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| Bat Falcon [1], Kômori Hayabusa or Falco rufigularis. photo: 08/2004, Foengoe Island, Suriname. |
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Bat Falcon [2], Kômori Hayabusa or Falco rufigularis. Or Orange-breasted Falcon - Falco deiroleucus, possibly. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname. |
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Greater Kestrel [1][2][3], Mejiro Chôgebô or Falco rupicoloides. photo: 08/2005, Etosha, Namibia. |
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| Lesser Kestrel [1][2], Hime Chôgebô or Falco naumanni. photo: 09/2005, Daan Viljoen GR, Namibia. |
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Collard Falconet, Momoaka Hime Hayabusa or Microhierax caerulescens. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand. |
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Common Kestrel [3][4], Chôgebô or Falco tinnunculus. photo: 11/2007, Erkan, Penghu Islands, Taiwan. |
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| American Kestrel [1][2][3][4], Amerika Chôgebô or Falco sparverius. photo: 08/2008, Sagurao NP, Arizona, USA. |
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American Kestrel [5], Amerika Chôgebô or Falco sparverius. photo: 08/2008, Pearce, Arizona, USA. |
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Common Kestrel [5], Chôgebô or Falco tinnunculus. photo: 02/2009, Tyhero, Greece. |
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| Lesser Kestrel [3], Hime Chôgebô or Falco naumanni. photo: 02/2009, Lake Ismarida, Greece. |
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Peregrine Falcon [3], Hayabusa or Falco peregrinus. photo: 04/2009, Miyagi, Japan. |
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Peregrine Falcon [4], Hayabusa or Falco peregrinus. photo: 05/2009, Oki Islands, Shimane, Japan. |
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