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Red-necked Falcon

Falco chicquera Daudin, FM 1800

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




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Classification
Order:
  Falconiformes
Family:
  Falconidae
Genus:
   Falco
Scientific:
  Falco chicquera

Original description

Citation:
  Daudin, FM 1800

Reference:
   Traité Élém. Compl. Orn. 2 p.121

Protonym:
  Falco chicquera

Type locality:
  Bengal.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39476115

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6A64EFCB88E3D2FC

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6A64EFCB

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6A64EFCB

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175634

Geographic range:

  • Falco chicquera chicquera: Iran to India, Nepal and Bangladesh
  • Falco chicquera ruficollis: Senegambia to Ethiopia, Somalia, Zambia and n Mozambique
  • Falco chicquera horsbrughi: Zimbabwe and s Mozambique to Angola and n South Africa
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Red-necked Falcon
Catalan:
Falcó cap-roig
Czech:
dřemlík rudohlavý
Danish:
Rødhovedet Dværgfalk
German:
Rotkopffalke
Spanish:
Alcotán Cuellirrojo
Spanish (Spain):
Alcotán Cuellirrojo
Finnish:
palmuhaukka
French:
Faucon chicquera
Croatian:
riđoglavi sokol
Hungarian:
vörösnyakú sólyom
Icelandic:
Múrfálki
Italian:
Falco collorosso
Japanese (romaji):
akagashirachougenbou
Japanese:
アカガシラチョウゲンボウ
Lithuanian:
Rudagalvis sakalas
Dutch:
Roodkopsmelleken
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudhovudfalk
Norwegian:
Rødhodefalk
Polish:
sokół rudogłowy
Portuguese:
falcão-de-nuca-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal):
falcão-de-nuca-vermelha
Russian:
Турумти
Slovak:
sokol červenohlavý
Serbian:
Crvenovrati soko
Swedish:
rödhuvad falk
Ukrainian:
Турумті
Chinese:
红头隼
Chinese (Traditional):
紅頸隼

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Faucon chicquera ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Faucon chicquera ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Falco chicquera [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Rooikopkvalk, Rooinekvalk
Azerbaijani: qırmızıboyun qızılquş
Bulgarian: Червеноглава ветрушка
Bengali: রারঘাড় ঱াচ঴ন , লালঘাড় শাহিন
Bengali (transliteration): lālaghāṛa śāhina
Breton: Falc'hun penn ruz
Catalan: Falcó cap-roig
Czech: dřemlík rudohlavý, Dremlík rudokrký
Welsh: Hebog bengoch
Danish: Rødhovedet Dværgfalk
German: Rothalsfalke, Rotkopffalke
Greek: Κoκκιvoγέρακo
English: Red-headed Falcon, Red-headed Kestrel, Red-headed Merlin, Rednecked Falcon, Red-necked Falcon, Red-necked Kestrel, Turumti
English, HBW: Red-headed/Red-necked Falcon
English (IOC): Red-necked Falcon
English (Kenya): Red-necked Falcon
English (United States): Red-necked Falcon
Esperanto: Ruĝkapa falko
Spanish: Alcotán Cuellirrojo, Alcotán Turumti, Alcotán turumtí, Alcótan turumti, Cernícalo Turumti
Spanish (Spain): Alcotán Cuellirrojo
Spanish (HBW): Red-necked Falcon
Estonian: palmipistrik
Basque: Belatz burugorri
Persian: شاهین سرحنایی, شاهین (ترم‌تای) سرحنایی, شاهین سرحنایی
Finnish: Palmuhaukka
French: Faucon à cou roux, Faucon chicquera, Faucon shikra
Frisian: Readkopfalk
Irish: Fabhcún ceanndearg
Galician: Falcón de cabeza vermella
Hebrew: בז אדום-עורף
Croatian: riđoglavi sokol
Hungarian: Vörösfejű vércse, vörösnyakú sólyom
Icelandic: Múrfálki
Italian: Falco collorosso, Falco testarossa
Japanese (romaji): akagashirachougembou, akagashirachougenbou
Japanese: アカガシラチョウゲンボウ
Kwangali: Kakodi
Kirghiz: күйкө шумкар, күйкөшумкар
Scientific: Falco chicquera, Falco chicquera, Falco chicquera chicquera, Falco chiquera
Lithuanian: Raudongalvis sakalas, Rudagalvis sakalas
Latvian: rudkakla piekūns, Sarkangalvas piekūns
Malayalam: ചെന്തലയൻ പുള്ള്
Dutch: Roodkopsmelleken, Roodkopvalk
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudhovudfalk
Norwegian: Rødhodefalk
Polish: kobczyk rudoglowy, kobczyk rudogłowy, sokół rudogłowy
Portuguese: Falcão-de-cabeça-ruiva, Falcao-de-nuca-vermelha, Falcão-de-nuca-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal): falcão-de-nuca-vermelha
Rhaeto-Romance: Falcun dal chau cotschen
Romanian: Vânturel cu cap roşu
Russian: Красношейный сокол, турумди, турумти
Northern Sami: Ruksesoaifálli
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Rathuhis Kurulugoya
Slovak: sokol cervenohlavý, sokol červenohlavý, Sokol červenokrký
Slovenian: Rdečeglavi sokol
Shona: Rukodzi
Serbian: Crvenovrati soko, Riđoglavi soko
Swedish: Rödhuvad falk
Swahili: Kozi Kisogo-chekundu
Tamil: Senthalai Vallooru
Turkish: al başlı doğan, Al-başlı Doğan, Turumtay doğanı, Turumti
Tsonga: Rigamani
Tatar: кызыл муенлы лачын
Ukrainian: Турумті
Chinese: 红头隼
Chinese (Traditional): 紅頸隼

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