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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%82%D8%B1_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AD%D9%85" title="صقر أسحم – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="صقر أسحم" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_eleonorae" title="Falco eleonorae – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Falco eleonorae" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora_q%C4%B1z%C4%B1lqu%C5%9Fu" title="Eleonora qızılquşu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Eleonora qızılquşu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Средиземноморски сокол – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Средиземноморски сокол" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falc%27hun_Eleonora" title="Falc'hun Eleonora – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Falc'hun Eleonora" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falc%C3%B3_d%27Elionor" title="Falcó d'Elionor – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Falcó d'Elionor" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_eleonorae" title="Falco eleonorae – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Falco eleonorae" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ost%C5%99%C3%AD%C5%BE_ji%C5%BEn%C3%AD" title="Ostříž jižní – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ostříž jižní" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_eleonorae" title="Falco eleonorae – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Falco eleonorae" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebog_Eleonora" title="Hebog Eleonora – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Hebog Eleonora" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%81%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A" title="أفلكاي – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="أفلكاي" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonorenfalke" title="Eleonorenfalke – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Eleonorenfalke" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Μαυροπετρίτης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μαυροπετρίτης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_eleonorae" title="Falco eleonorae – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Falco eleonorae" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kliffalko" title="Kliffalko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kliffalko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonor_belatz" title="Eleonor belatz – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Eleonor belatz" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7" title="شاهین الئونورا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شاهین الئونورا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faucon_d%27%C3%89l%C3%A9onore" title="Faucon d'Éléonore – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Faucon d'Éléonore" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falc%C3%B3n_de_Eleonora" title="Falcón de Eleonora – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Falcón de Eleonora" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A5" title="Էլեոնորայի բազե – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էլեոնորայի բազե" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alap-alap_eleonora" title="Alap-alap eleonora – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Alap-alap eleonora" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_eleonorae" title="Falco eleonorae – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Falco eleonorae" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%96_%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9D" title="בז חופים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בז חופים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonoros_sakalas" title="Eleonoros sakalas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Eleonoros sakalas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleon%C3%B3ra-s%C3%B3lyom" title="Eleonóra-sólyom – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Eleonóra-sólyom" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Средоземен сокол – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Средоземен сокол" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%82%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AD%D9%85" title="صقر اسحم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="صقر اسحم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora%27s_valk" title="Eleonora's valk – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Eleonora's valk" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8E%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A4%E3%83%96%E3%82%B5" title="エレオノラハヤブサ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エレオノラハヤブサ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonorafalk" title="Eleonorafalk – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Eleonorafalk" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_eleonorae" title="Falco eleonorae – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Falco eleonorae" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sok%C3%B3%C5%82_skalny" title="Sokół skalny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sokół skalny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falc%C3%A3o-da-rainha" title="Falcão-da-rainha – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Falcão-da-rainha" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98oim_mediteraneean" title="Șoim mediteraneean – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Șoim mediteraneean" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Чеглок Элеоноры – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Чеглок Элеоноры" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_eleonorae" title="Falco eleonorae – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Falco eleonorae" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sredozemski_sokol" title="Sredozemski sokol – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Sredozemski sokol" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="Мрки соко – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Мрки соко" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4limerenhaukka" title="Välimerenhaukka – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Välimerenhaukka" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonorafalk" title="Eleonorafalk – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Eleonorafalk" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_do%C4%9Fan%C4%B1" title="Ada doğanı – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Ada doğanı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Підсоколик Елеонори – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Підсоколик Елеонори" data-language-autonym="Українська" 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style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Eleonora's falcon </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><div class="center"><div class="center"> <div style="width: 160px; height: 260px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -1px; left: -50px; width: 260px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eleonora%27s_falcon_(Falco_eleonorae)_in_flight_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae) in flight 3.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Eleonora%27s_falcon_%28Falco_eleonorae%29_in_flight_3.jpg/260px-Eleonora%27s_falcon_%28Falco_eleonorae%29_in_flight_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Eleonora%27s_falcon_%28Falco_eleonorae%29_in_flight_3.jpg/390px-Eleonora%27s_falcon_%28Falco_eleonorae%29_in_flight_3.jpg 1.5x, 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<td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">Aves</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Falconiformes" title="Falconiformes">Falconiformes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Falconidae" title="Falconidae">Falconidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Falcon" title="Falcon"><i>Falco</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Species: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="species"><i><b>F. eleonorae</b></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">Binomial name</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;"></span><i>Falco eleonorae</i></span></b><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Gen%C3%A9" title="Giuseppe Gené">Géné</a>, 1839</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_eleonorae_migration_routes.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Falco_eleonorae_migration_routes.png/220px-Falco_eleonorae_migration_routes.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Falco_eleonorae_migration_routes.png/330px-Falco_eleonorae_migration_routes.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Falco_eleonorae_migration_routes.png/440px-Falco_eleonorae_migration_routes.png 2x" data-file-width="903" data-file-height="1119" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Migration routes of Eleonora's falcon </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><b>Eleonora's falcon</b> (<i><b>Falco eleonorae</b></i>) is a medium-sized <a href="/wiki/Falcon" title="Falcon">falcon</a>. It belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Hobby_(bird)" title="Hobby (bird)">hobby</a> group, a rather close-knit number of similar falcons often considered a <a href="/wiki/Subgenus" title="Subgenus">subgenus</a> <i>Hypotriorchis</i>. The <a href="/wiki/Sooty_falcon" title="Sooty falcon">sooty falcon</a> is sometimes considered its closest relative, but while they certainly belong to the same lineage, they do not seem to be close <a href="/wiki/Sister_species" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister species">sister species</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Helbig1994_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Helbig1994-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wink1998_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wink1998-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The English name and the species name <i>eleonorae</i> commemorate <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_of_Arborea" title="Eleanor of Arborea">Eleanor of Arborea</a>, Queen or Lady-Judge (<span title="Sardinian-language text"><i lang="sc">Juighissa</i></span>) and national heroine of <a href="/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinia</a>, who in 1392, under the jurisdiction conferred by the <a href="/wiki/Carta_de_Logu" title="Carta de Logu">Carta de Logu</a>, became the first ruler in history to grant protection to hawk and falcon nests against illegal hunters.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-job_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-job-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The genus name <i>falco</i> is from Late Latin <i>falx</i>, <i>falcis</i>, a <a href="/wiki/Sickle" title="Sickle">sickle</a>, referring to the claws of the bird.<sup id="cite_ref-SOED_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOED-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleonora%27s_falcon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_eleonorae_Balearic_Islands.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Falco_eleonorae_Balearic_Islands.jpg/250px-Falco_eleonorae_Balearic_Islands.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Falco_eleonorae_Balearic_Islands.jpg/375px-Falco_eleonorae_Balearic_Islands.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Falco_eleonorae_Balearic_Islands.jpg/500px-Falco_eleonorae_Balearic_Islands.jpg 2x" data-file-width="755" data-file-height="361" /></a><figcaption>Perched on a branch in the <a href="/wiki/Balearic_Islands" title="Balearic Islands">Balearic Islands</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Eleonora's falcon is a <a href="/wiki/Bird_of_prey" title="Bird of prey">bird of prey</a>, 36–42 cm (14–17 in) long with an 87–104 cm (34–41 in) wingspan. It is shaped like a large <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_hobby" title="Eurasian hobby">Eurasian hobby</a> or a small slender <a href="/wiki/Peregrine_falcon" title="Peregrine falcon">peregrine falcon</a>, with its long pointed wings, long tail and slim body. </p><p>There are two colour <a href="/wiki/Morph_(zoology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Morph (zoology)">morphs</a>: The adult dark morph is all sooty brown, with black underwing <a href="/wiki/Covert_(feather)" class="mw-redirect" title="Covert (feather)">coverts</a>. The light morph is more like a juvenile Eurasian hobby, but has buff underparts, and also shows the contrast between the black underwing coverts and paler base to the flight feathers. Young birds are also like a large juvenile hobby, but the pale underparts contrast with darker wingtips and wing coverts. The <a href="/wiki/Bird_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Bird song">call</a> is a typical falcon <i>kek-kek-kek</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat_and_distribution">Habitat and distribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleonora%27s_falcon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Habitat and distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This species breeds on <a href="/wiki/Island" title="Island">islands</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> particularly off <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> (where two-thirds of the world's population breeds), but also in <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibiza" title="Ibiza">Ibiza</a> and off <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> and <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tilos" title="Tilos">Tilos</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Dodecanese" title="Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a> is the breeding area for 10% of the world population of Eleonora's falcons. Six hundred and fifty pairs of this species <a href="/wiki/Breeding_in_the_wild" title="Breeding in the wild">breed</a> on this island according to research conducted by the Hellenic Ornithological Society and the European Union LIFE-Nature program of Tilos. It is rare as a vagrant north of its range. It also lives on the coast of Madagascar and Mozambique. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Migration_route">Migration route</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleonora%27s_falcon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Migration route"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a long-distance <a href="/wiki/Bird_migration" title="Bird migration">migrant</a>, wintering in <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>. The migration route has been recently discovered and, contrary to previous suggestions, it has been demonstrated by satellite telemetry to be inland through the African continent. Traditionally it has been suggested to be coastal, with birds from the western end of the Mediterranean flying to <a href="/wiki/Suez" title="Suez">Suez</a> before flying south down the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a>, and across the Horn of Africa. However, recent satellite tracked animals by Spanish and German researchers have demonstrated an inland route through the <a href="/wiki/Sahara_Desert" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahara Desert">Sahara Desert</a>, the equatorial rainforests until reaching Kenya and Mozambique. The total distance covered during the flight has reached up to 9,000 km (5,600 mi) for a single one-way trip. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Feeding_and_breeding">Feeding and breeding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleonora%27s_falcon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Feeding and breeding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It will take large <a href="/wiki/Insect" title="Insect">insects</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Dragonfly" title="Dragonfly">dragonflies</a>, which are transferred from talons to beak and eaten in flight. It has also been recently observed catching and imprisoning small birds, removing their flight feathers and feeding them, sometimes days later, to their young. This is unique among bird species.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Occasionally, it was observed as feeding on <a href="/wiki/Bat" title="Bat">bats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This species has a delayed breeding season, in late summer, because it is a specialist hunter of <a href="/wiki/Bird_migration" title="Bird migration">migrating birds</a> which pass through the Mediterranean islands at this time of year. It captures small birds in flight, using its speed and aerobatic skills. Birds spend much time cruising along coastal cliffs with steady wingbeats watching for tired incoming migrants.<sup id="cite_ref-Walter1979_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walter1979-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a fieldwork study in <a href="/wiki/Mogador_Island" title="Mogador Island">Mogador Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>, researchers found that Eleonora's falcons are imprisoning live prey in rock crevices for later consumption.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This falcon is unique in that it is one of the few species that breeds during early autumn, feeding its chicks with other migratory birds that are in abundance that period. It is also one of the few falcon species that creates breeding colonies. It nests on coastal cliffs, laying up to four <a href="/wiki/Egg_(biology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egg (biology)">eggs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleonora%27s_falcon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 275px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falconidae_-_Falco_eleonorae_(Eleonora%27s_falcon).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Falco eleonorae. Photomontage of Museum specimen"><img alt="Falco eleonorae. Photomontage of Museum specimen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Falconidae_-_Falco_eleonorae_%28Eleonora%27s_falcon%29.jpg/135px-Falconidae_-_Falco_eleonorae_%28Eleonora%27s_falcon%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Falconidae_-_Falco_eleonorae_%28Eleonora%27s_falcon%29.jpg/202px-Falconidae_-_Falco_eleonorae_%28Eleonora%27s_falcon%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Falconidae_-_Falco_eleonorae_%28Eleonora%27s_falcon%29.jpg/270px-Falconidae_-_Falco_eleonorae_%28Eleonora%27s_falcon%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1183" data-file-height="1579" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Falco eleonorae</i>. Photomontage of Museum specimen</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 275px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_eleonorae_NAUMANN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Illustration from Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas"><img alt="Illustration from Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Falco_eleonorae_NAUMANN.jpg/118px-Falco_eleonorae_NAUMANN.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Falco_eleonorae_NAUMANN.jpg/176px-Falco_eleonorae_NAUMANN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Falco_eleonorae_NAUMANN.jpg/235px-Falco_eleonorae_NAUMANN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1223" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Illustration from Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 275px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eleonora%27s_falcon_(Falco_eleonorae)_in_flight_composite.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="In flight composite"><img alt="In flight composite" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Eleonora%27s_falcon_%28Falco_eleonorae%29_in_flight_composite.jpg/240px-Eleonora%27s_falcon_%28Falco_eleonorae%29_in_flight_composite.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Eleonora%27s_falcon_%28Falco_eleonorae%29_in_flight_composite.jpg/360px-Eleonora%27s_falcon_%28Falco_eleonorae%29_in_flight_composite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Eleonora%27s_falcon_%28Falco_eleonorae%29_in_flight_composite.jpg/480px-Eleonora%27s_falcon_%28Falco_eleonorae%29_in_flight_composite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4567" data-file-height="3044" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">In flight composite</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 275px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_eleonorae_MWNH_0712.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden"><img alt="Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Falco_eleonorae_MWNH_0712.JPG/234px-Falco_eleonorae_MWNH_0712.JPG" decoding="async" width="234" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Falco_eleonorae_MWNH_0712.JPG/351px-Falco_eleonorae_MWNH_0712.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Falco_eleonorae_MWNH_0712.JPG/468px-Falco_eleonorae_MWNH_0712.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3146" data-file-height="2420" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Eggs, Collection <a href="/wiki/Museum_Wiesbaden" title="Museum Wiesbaden">Museum Wiesbaden</a></div> </li> </ul> 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