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Immature © Prabhakar Manjunath
Adult © Daniel Branch
Immature © Adrien Mauss
Adult © Pam Rasmussen
+ 2
Adult © Cory Gregory

Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo

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Streamlined long-winged falcon. Note gray upperparts with plain tail, boldly streaked underparts with rusty leggings and vent. Swift-like; flight more graceful and aerodynamic than Eurasian Kestrel. Compare with larger, stockier, shorter-tailed Peregrine Falcon. Favors open woodland, heathland, and farmland with stands of trees; often hunts over nearby water bodies and marshes. Hunts in the air, catching dragonflies, swallows, and other birds, which it sometimes eats on the wing.

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