Adult (Asian) © Arunava Bhattacharjee eBird S49716667 Macaulay Library ML 122294641
Adult (African) © Jason Boyce
Adult (Asian) © Rudraksha Chodankar
Adult (Asian) © Saurabh Sawant
Adult (Asian) © Able Lawrence
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Pair (African) © Joshua Smolders
Adult (Asian) © Shwetha Bharathi

Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera

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Identification

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A rather small but powerful falcon with fast and direct flight. It has a rufous crown, nape, and moustachial stripe. A wide yellow eye-ring is quite distinct. Its upperparts are pale gray, and fine barring adorns its white underparts, which are sometimes suffused with gray. This bird of the open country mostly hunts birds on the wing, targeting its prey from a perch, often bringing it down quite close to the ground.

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