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Falco subbuteo
Falcons (Falconidae)

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Small dark falcon, black eye mask and whiskers with a white throat and neck. The belly is striped with a chestnut coloured underbelly, grey back and long wings.

Hunts for insects caught and eaten on the wing.  Hunts smaller birds as well.	

⇔ l. 32-34 cm

LA:
≈ The long wings make it look like a large APUS APUS (Swift).

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Habitat

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Size 15-40 cm

Shape Bird of Prey

Colour

Legs Common

Beak Hooked

Neck Short

Tail Normal

Habitat Open

Habitat Bushes

Food Bugs

Food Prey

Nest None/Borrow

15-40 cm

Bird of Prey

Common

Hooked

Short

Normal

Open

Bushes

Unknown

Bugs

Prey

None/Borrow

1 LookAlikes (LA):

Swift

Hobby

Boomvalk

Baumfalke

Faucon hobereau

Falco subbuteo

Alcotán Europeo

Ógea

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