Falco chicquera (Red-necked Falcon)

Red-necked Falcon

Falco chicquera Daudin, 1800

The Red-necked Falcon or Red-headed Merlin (Falco chicquera) is a bird of prey in the falcon family. This bird is a widespread resident in India and adjacent regions as well as sub-Saharan Africa. It is sometimes called Turumti locally. Source: Wikipedia

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Order:
  Falconiformes
Family:
  Falconidae
Genus:
  Falco

Scientific:
Falco chicquera

Citation:
Daudin, 1800

Reference:
TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 2 p.121

Protonym:
Falco chicquera

Avibase ID:
6A64EFCB88E3D2FC

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
Czech:
dřemlík rudohlavý
German:
Rotkopffalke
Danish:
Rødhovedet Dværgfalk
Spanish:
Alcotán Turumti
Finnish:
palmuhaukka
French:
Faucon chicquera
Icelandic:
Múrfálki
Italian:
Falco collorosso
Japanese:
akagashirachougenbou
Japanese:
アカガシラチョウゲンボウ
Dutch:
Roodkopsmelleken
Norwegian:
Rødhodefalk
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudhovudfalk
Polish:
kobczyk rudoglowy
Portuguese:
Falcao-de-nuca-vermelha
Russian:
Турумти
Slovak:
sokol červenohlavý
Swedish:
rödhuvad falk
Ukrainian:
Турумті
Chinese:
红头隼

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
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: Red-headed Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Red-headed Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
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eBird version 2015: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
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eBird version 2018: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Red-headed Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Red-headed Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Red-headed Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club: Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
James Lee Peters: Falco chicquera [version 1]
James Lee Peters (original): Falco chicquera [version 1]
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Falco chicquera [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Red-necked Falcon ( Falco chicquera) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Falco chicquera [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Falco chicquera [version 1]

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Species status: full species

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Falco [chicquera x peregrinus] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

Afrikaans: Rooinekvalk
Bengali: লালঘাড় শাহিন
Catalan: Falcó cap-roig
Czech: dřemlík rudohlavý, Dremlík rudokrký
Danish: Rødhovedet Dværgfalk
German: Rothalsfalke, Rotkopffalke
English: Red-headed Falcon, Red-headed Kestrel, Red-headed Merlin, Rednecked Falcon, Red-necked Falcon, Red-necked Kestrel, Turumti
English (IOC): Red-necked Falcon
English (Kenya): Red-necked Falcon
Spanish: Alcotán Turumti, Alcótan turumti, Cernícalo Turumti
Spanish (Spain): Alcotán Cuellirrojo
Spanish (HBW): Red-necked Falcon
Estonian: palmipistrik
Persian: شاهین سرحنایی, شاهین (ترم‌تای) سرحنایی
Finnish: Palmuhaukka
French: Faucon à cou roux, Faucon chicquera, Faucon shikra
Hungarian: vörösnyakú sólyom
Icelandic: Múrfálki
Italian: Falco collorosso, Falco testarossa
Japanese: akagashirachougembou, akagashirachougenbou
Japanese: アカガシラチョウゲンボウ
Kwangali: Kakodi
Scientific: Falco chicquera, Falco chicquera chicquera
Lithuanian: Raudongalvis sakalas, Rudagalvis sakalas
Latvian: rudkakla piekūns
Malayalam: ചെന്തലയൻ പുള്ള്
Dutch: Roodkopsmelleken
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudhovudfalk
Norwegian: Rødhodefalk
Polish: kobczyk rudoglowy, kobczyk rudogłowy, sokół rudogłowy
Portuguese: Falcao-de-nuca-vermelha, Falcão-de-nuca-vermelha
Russian: Красношейный сокол, турумди, турумти
Slovak: sokol cervenohlavý, sokol červenohlavý, Sokol červenokrký
Shona: Rukodzi
Serbian: Crvenovrati soko
Swedish: Rödhuvad falk
Swahili: Kozi Kisogo-chekundu
Tamil: Senthalai Vallooru
Turkish: al başlı doğan, Al-başlı Doğan, Turumti
Tsonga: Rigamani
Ukrainian: Турумті
Chinese: 红头隼
Chinese (Traditional): 紅頸隼