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Saker Falcon [excl. altaicus]
Falco cherrug [excl. altaicus] (= Falco cherrug) Gray, JE 1834
The saker falcon is a large species of falcon. This species breeds from central Europe eastwards across the Palearctic to Manchuria. It is mainly migratory except in the southernmost parts of its range, wintering in Ethiopia, the Arabian peninsula, northern Pakistan and western China. The saker falcon is the national bird of Hungary, the United Arab Emirates, and Mongolia. Source: Wikipedia
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Falconiformes
Family:
Falconidae
Genus:
Falco
Scientific:
Falco cherrug
Classification
Order:Falconiformes
Family:
Falconidae
Genus:
Falco
Scientific:
Falco cherrug
Original description
Citation:
Gray, JE 1834
Reference:
Ill. Indian Zool. Hardwicke
2, no.15-16 pl.25
Protonym:
Falco cherrug
Type locality:
India. In winter.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/267511#page/57/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
1F5F79C516C7BB61
Avibase ID:
avibase-1F5F79C5
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1F5F79C5
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175633
Geographic range:
- Falco cherrug cherrug: breeds east-central Europe eastward to northern Kazakhstan and south-central Siberia, in the south through Türkiye and Iran; winters from southern Europe and northern and eastern Africa (in Rift Valley to south-central Kenya) eastward in southwestern Asia to northern Pakistan
- Falco cherrug milvipes: breeds mountains of central Tien Shan and Altai Mountains east through Mongolia and Inner Mongolia (northeastern China), south from Transbaikalia through Ladakh (northwestern India) to central China; winters from Iran eastward to Nepal, northern India, and southern and central China (including Tibet)
- Falco cherrug coatsi: breeds in plains of southwestern Kazakhstan and western Turkmenistan to eastern Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan
- Falco cherrug hendersoni: Pamir Mountains (eastern Tajikistan) eastward to the Tibetan Plateau
Source: Clements checklist
Saker Falcon [excl. altaicus]
French:
Faucon sacre [excl. altaicus]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Saker Falcon [excl. altaicus] ( Falco cherrug [excl. altaicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Saker Falcon [excl. altaicus] ( Falco cherrug [excl. altaicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Saker Falcon [excl. altaicus] ( Falco cherrug [excl. altaicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Saker Falcon ( Falco cherrug) [version 2] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Saker Falcon ( Falco cherrug) [version 2] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Saker Falcon (excl. Altai Falcon) ( Falco cherrug [excl. altaicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Saker Falcon (excl. Altai Falcon) ( Falco cherrug [excl. altaicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Saker Falcon (excl. Altai Falcon) ( Falco cherrug [excl. altaicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Saker Falcon [excl. altaicus] ( Falco cherrug [excl. altaicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Saker Falcon [excl. altaicus] ( Falco cherrug [excl. altaicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Saker Falcon [excl. altaicus] ( Falco cherrug [excl. altaicus]) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Faucon sacre ( Falco cherrug) [version 2] |
| Clements 1st edition: Sakker Falcon ( Falco cherrug) [version 2] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Falco cherrug [version 2] |
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Arabic: الصقر الحر, الصقر الحر الصقر الحر, صقر الغزال
Azerbaijani: Baloban, Ütəlki
Belarusian: Сокал-балабан
Bulgarian: Ловен сокол
Bengali: সাকের শাহিন
Catalan: Falcó sacre, Falcó sagrat
Catalan (Balears): Falcó sacre
Czech: Raroh velký
Danish: Slagfalk
German: Saker, Sakerfalke, Würgfalke
Greek: Στεπογέρακο, Στεπότζάνος
Greek (Cypriot): Στεπότζάνος
English: Altai Falcon, Saker, Saker Falcon, Saker Falcon (excl. Altai Falcon), Saker Falcon [excl. altaicus], Sakker Falcon
English (Kenya): Saker Falcon
Esperanto: Tatarfalko
Spanish: Halcón ceniciento, Halcón Sacre
Spanish (Spain): Halcón Sacre
Estonian: stepipistrik
Persian: بالابان
Finnish: Aavikkohaukka
French: Faucon lanier, Faucon sacre, Faucon sacré, Faucon sacre (excl. F. de l'Altaï), Faucon sacre [excl. altaicus]
Hebrew: בז צידים, בז ציידים
Croatian: Stepski sokol
Hungarian: Kerecsensólyom
Armenian: [Baloban ], Բալոբան
Icelandic: Vargfálki
Italian: Falco sacro, Falcone sacro, Sacro
Japanese (romaji): seakaahayabusa, sēkā hayabusa, se-ka-hayabusa, Seka-hayabusa
Japanese: セアカアハヤブサ, セーカーハヤブサ, ワキスジハヤブサ
Japanese (Kanji): セーカー隼
Georgian: ან გავაზი, ბარი
Khakas: Тöз ала ылачын
Kazakh: Ақсұңқар, Алтай ақсұњқар, Ителгі
Kazakh (Transliteration): ïtelgi
Korean: 헨다손매
Korean (Transliteration): hendason-mae
Scientific: Falco cherrug, Falco cherrug [excl. altaicus], Falco cherrug cherrug
Luxembourgish: Sakerfallek
Lithuanian: Taurusis sakalas
Latvian: Stepes piekūns
Macedonian: Ловен (Степски) сокол
Mongolian: Идлэг шонхор
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠢᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡ ᠱᠣᠩᠬᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠢᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡ ᠱᠣᠩᠬᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Идлэг шонхор, Шонхор начин
Mongolian (Transliteration): idleg shoŋkhor, shoŋkhor nachiŋ
Maltese: Bies Rasu Bajda
Nepali: तोप बाज
Dutch: Saker Valk, Sakervalk
Norwegian: Tartarfalk
Polish: raróg, Raróg stepowy, Raróg zwyczajny
Pinyin: liè-sǔn
Portuguese: falcão sacre, Falcão-sacre
Portuguese (Portugal): Sacre
Romanian: Şoim dunărean
Russian: Балобан, Обыкновенный балобан
Slovak: Sokol rároh
Slovenian: sokol morilec, sokol plenilec
Albanian: Skifteri i gjuetisë
Serbian: Banatski soko, Stepski (banatski) soko, stepski soko, Банатски соко, Степски (Банатски) соко, Степски соко
Swedish: Tatarfalk
Swahili: Kozi Madoa
Turkish: Sungur, Ulu doğan, Ulu Doşan, Ителгі
Tuvinian: Өргелээр шаңгыр
Ukrainian: Балабан , Балобан, Сокiл-балобан
Chinese: [lie-sun], 猎 隼, 猎隼, 獵隼
Chinese (Traditional): 獵隼
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