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Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicus
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About the Lanner Falcon
The lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) is a medium-sized bird of prey that breeds in Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia. It prefers open habitat and is mainly resident, but some birds disperse more widely after the breeding season. A large falcon, it preys on birds and bats. Most likely either the lanner or peregrine falcon was the sacred species of falcon to the ancient Egyptians, and some ancient Egyptian deities, like Ra and Horus, were often represented as a man with the head of a lanner falcon.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Falco biarmicus
- Family
- Falcons and Caracaras
- Order
- Falconiformes
Similar species
Other members of the falcons and caracaras family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Guadalupe Caracara Caracara lutosa
- Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Merlin Falco columbarius
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