Eastern Red-footed Falcon

The Amur Falcon , formerly Eastern Red-footed Falcon, is a small raptor of the falcon family. It breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China, wintering in Southern Africa.

The Eastern Red-footed Falcon is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

subspecies of RFF, and called the Eastern Red-footed Falcon, it was split into a species in its own right, and is identifiable from the RFF by the males’ white underwing coverts. This bird is the first ever recorded in Britain! This bird probably fooled hundreds of birders, who all quite reasonably didn’t even consider it possible to be anything other than a RFF. More

The Amur Falcon, formerly Eastern Red-footed Falcon, is a small raptor of the falcon family. It breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China, wintering in Southern Africa. Males are characteristically dark sooty brown, and may offer confusion with melanistic Gabar Goshawk, but the chestnut on the ... More

Also known as Eastern Red-footed Falcon or Red-footed Falcon Previous Return to Individual Index Next Roberts VI / VII 180 / 406 Clements 2000 32. More