Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi]
Falco chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi] (= Falco chicquera ruficollis) Swainson, WJ 1837
The red-necked falcon is a bird of prey in the falcon family with two disjunct populations, one in India and the other in Africa. This medium-sized falcon has bluish grey wings and upper body, a chestnut red cap with short chin straps passing through the eye. The primary feathers of the wing are black and a single black band at the tip of the tail are distinctive. The Indian subspecies Falco chicquera chicquera also known as the red-headed merlin or red-headed falcon is found mainly in the open plains of the India Subcontinent although it is thought to have occurred further west in southeastern Iran. The subspecies Falco chicquera ruficollis found in sub-Saharan Africa is sometimes treated as a full species, the rufous-necked falcon, on the basis of its well-separated geographic range and distinctive pattern. It appears very similar to the Indian form but has dark barring on the upperparts, a rufous breast band, and black moustachial and eye stripes. As in most falcons, the females are larger and falconers in India called the female turumti and the male as chatwa. They hunt in pairs mostly at dawn and dusk, capturing small birds, bats and squirrels. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Falconiformes
Family:
Falconidae
Genus:
Falco
Scientific:
Falco chicquera ruficollis
Original description
Citation:
Swainson, WJ 1837
Reference:
Nat. Hist. Birds W. Afr.
1 p.107 pl.2
Protonym:
Falco ruficollis
Type locality:
Senegal.
Link:
https://archive.org/details/birdswesternafr00jardgoog/page/n118/mode/2up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
529E777712B36642
Avibase ID:
avibase-529E7777
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/529E7777
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824643
Geographic range:
- Falco chicquera ruficollis: Senegambia to Ethiopia, Somalia, Zambia, and northern Mozambique
- Falco chicquera horsbrughi: Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique to Angola and northern South Africa
Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi]
Czech:
dřemlík rudohlavý (ssp. ruficollis/horsbrughi)
German:
Rotkopffalke (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Spanish:
Alcotán Cuellirrojo (africano)
Spanish (Spain):
Alcotán cuellirrojo (africano)
French:
Faucon chicquera [ruficollis ou horsbrughi]
Icelandic:
Múrfálki (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Japanese (romaji):
akagashirachougenbou (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Japanese:
アカガシラチョウゲンボウ（ruficollis／horsbrughi）
Dutch:
Roodkopsmelleken (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Norwegian:
rødhodefalk (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Polish:
sokół rudogłowy (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Portuguese (Portugal):
falcão-de-nuca-vermelha (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Russian:
Турумти (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Slovak:
sokol hnedastokrký (skup.)
Serbian:
Crvenovrati soko (afrički)
Swedish:
rödhuvad falk (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi] ( Falco chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi] ( Falco chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi] ( Falco chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi] ( Falco chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi] ( Falco chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi] ( Falco chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi] ( Falco chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi] ( Falco chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi] ( Falco chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Red-necked Falcon (African) ( Falco chicquera ruficollis/horsbrughi) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Red-necked Falcon (African) ( Falco chicquera ruficollis/horsbrughi) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Red-necked Falcon (African) ( Falco chicquera ruficollis/horsbrughi) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Red-necked Falcon (African) ( Falco chicquera ruficollis/horsbrughi) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Red-necked Falcon (African) ( Falco chicquera ruficollis/horsbrughi) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Red-necked Falcon (African) ( Falco chicquera ruficollis/horsbrughi) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Red-necked Falcon (African) ( Falco chicquera ruficollis/horsbrughi) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Red-necked Falcon (African) ( Falco chicquera ruficollis/horsbrughi) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Red-necked Falcon (African) ( Falco chicquera ruficollis/horsbrughi) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Red-necked Falcon (African) ( Falco chicquera ruficollis/horsbrughi) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco ruficollis) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Falco chicquera
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Rooinekvalk, Rooinekvalk (Afrikaanse)
Catalan: Falcó coll-roig
Czech: dřemlík rudohlavý (ssp. ruficollis/horsbrughi), Dremlík rudokrký
Welsh: Hebog gwargoch
Danish: Rødhalset dværgfalk
German: Rothalsfalke, Rotkopffalke (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
English: Red-necked Falcon, Red-necked Falcon (African), Red-necked Falcon [ruficollis or horsbrughi]
English, HBW: Red-necked Falcon
English (IOC): Red-necked Falcon (African)
English (United States): Red-necked Falcon (African)
Esperanto: Ruĝnuka falko
Spanish: Alcotán cuellirrojo, Alcotán Cuellirrojo (africano)
Spanish (Spain): Alcotán cuellirrojo (africano), Alcotán Cuellirrojo (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Spanish (HBW): Red-necked Falcon (African)
Estonian: Aafrika palmipistrik
Persian: شاهین سرحنایی (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
French: Faucon à cou roux, Faucon chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi], Faucon chicquera [ruficollis ou horsbrughi]
Frisian: Readhalsfalk
Galician: Falcón de pescozo vermello
Hebrew: בז אדום-עורף (אפריקני)
Croatian: Riđovrati sokol
Icelandic: Múrfálki (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Italian: Falco collorosso
Japanese (romaji): akagashirachougenbou (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Japanese: アカガシラチョウゲンボウ (ruficollis/horsbrughi), アカガシラチョウゲンボウ（ruficollis／horsbrughi）
Scientific: Falco chicquera [ruficollis or horsbrughi], Falco chicquera ruficollis, Falco chicquera ruficollis/horsbrughi, Falco ruficapillus, Falco ruficollis
Lithuanian: Rudakaklis sakalas
Latvian: Rudkakla piekūns
Dutch: Roodhalsvalk, Roodkopsmelleken (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Norwegian: rødhodefalk (ruficollis/horsbrughi), Rødnakkefalk
Polish: Sokół rdzawoszyi, sokół rudogłowy (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Portuguese: Falcão-de-pescoço-ruivo
Portuguese (Portugal): falcão-de-nuca-vermelha (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Rhaeto-Romance: Falcun dal culiez cotschen
Romanian: Vânturel cu gât roşu
Russian: Красношейный сокол, Турумти (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
Slovak: sokol hnedastokrký, sokol hnedastokrký (skup.)
Slovenian: Rdečevrati sokol
Serbian: Crvenovrati soko (afrički), Riđovrati soko
Swedish: rödhuvad falk (ruficollis/horsbrughi), Rödnackad falk
Turkish: Kızıl boyunlu doğan, Turumtay doğanı (ruficollis/horsbrughi), Turumti (ruficollis/horsbrughi)
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