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Eleonora's Falcon
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species of bird
OverviewAI-generated
Eleonora's Falcon (*Falco eleonorae*) is a species of bird in the family Falconidae, order Falconiformes, and class Aves. The taxon was described by Géné in 1839 and is named after Eleanor of Arborea. It belongs to the phylum Chordata and is currently accepted as a valid species. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2021.
The species has a wingspan of 0.95 and a mass of 388. Its range includes Africa and Burkina Faso. Reproductive characteristics include a litter size of 2.4 and an egg incubation period of 30. In the wild, the maximum longevity for this bird is 11.2 years.
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Species
Least ConcernEleonora's falcon
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderFalconiformes
- FamilyFalconidae
Maximum longevity: 11.2 years (wild)
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- falcon
- Named after
- Eleanor of Arborea
- Mass
- 388
- Image
- Eleonorenfalke1.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Falco eleonorae
- Commons category
- Falco eleonorae
- Commons gallery
- Falco eleonorae
- taxon common name
- Firasambalala
- wingspan
- 0.95
- litter size
- 2.4
- egg incubation period
- 30
- short name
- F. eleonorae
- taxon range
- Burkina Faso
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
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Encyclopedic overview
Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae) is a medium-sized falcon. It belongs to the hobby group, a rather close-knit number of similar falcons often considered a subgenus Falco. The sooty falcon is sometimes considered its closest relative, but while they certainly belong to the same lineage, they do not seem to be close sister species. The English name and the species name eleonorae commemorate Eleanor of Arborea, Queen or Lady-Judge (Juighissa) and national heroine of Sardinia, who in 1392, under the jurisdiction conferred by the Carta de Logu, became the first ruler in history to grant protection to hawk and falcon nests against illegal hunters. The genus name Falco is from Late Latin falx, falcis, a sickle, referring to the claws of the bird.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eleonora's Falcon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.