Saker Falcon

It is a bird of semi-desert and dry open hills. It typically lays its eggs in cliff-ledge nests.

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

The Saker Falcon is the favorite of Birds of Prey for Middle Eastern Falconry and the falcon of choice used by most Middle Eastern falconers. This falcon of all birds of prey is noted for its extreme aggression. When trained to hunt, this bird more than any other will bind to any prey the falconer sends the bird to pursue. More

The Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) is a bird of open plains and desert-type habitats, breeding in middle Europe eastward into Asia. A bold and ferocious falcon, attacking prey much larger than itself, it is greatly favored by Falconers. Measuring about 18 inches, the Saker Falcon breeds from Slovakia and the Hungarian plains eastwards beyond Lake Baikal through Asia Minor to India. More

Saker Falcon extinctions, stop further population decline and maintain a favorable species population status. © D. Ragyov © D. Ragyov © I. Grlica History The knowledge about Saker Falcons in Eastern Europe and on the Balkans in particular was limited and the population size estimation was based on low quality data (as it was outlined in the European Saker Falcon Action Plan - Nagy & Demeter, 2006). More

A Saker Falcon used for falconry in Qatar Most of Europe practices falconry, but under differing degrees of regulation. The falcon is also used for hunting in Arabia, and is an important part of the Arab heritage and culture. The UAE reportedly spends over 27 million dollars annually towards the protection and conservation of wild falcons, and has set up several state-of-the-art falcon hospitals in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. More

The Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) is a very large falcon. This species breeds from eastern Europe eastwards across Asia 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. During the end of the last ice age–oxygen isotope stages 3-2, some 40,000 to 10,000 years ago–it also occurred in Poland (Tomek & Bocheński 2005). More

The Saker Falcon is the biggest falcon found in Bulgaria. In the past, this used to be one of the most common bird species in the Ludogorie, Dobrudja, and Danube regions, as hundreds, or perhaps thousands of pairs used to breed in the country. Unfortunately, in the mid 20th C, as a result of changed land-use practices, cultivation of pastures, mass use of pesticides, and indiscriminate hunting, the Saker Falcon population declined to only a few dozens of pairs scattered throughout Bulgaria. More

Saker Falcons at the northeast edge of the range in the Altay Mountains are slightly larger, and darker and more heavily spotted on the underparts than other populations. These, known as the Altai Falcon, have been treated in the past either as a distinct species "Falco altaicus" or as a hybrid between Saker Falcon and Gyrfalcon, but modern opinion (e.g. More

A great favourite with falconers, the saker falcon is a large, powerful bird of prey with an exceptionally broad wingspan for its size (4). Like other falcons, this bird is equipped with sharp, curved talons for grasping prey, while the strong, hooked beak is used to tear its victim’s flesh (2). More

Saker FalconThe Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) is a very large falcon. Distribution / Range This species breeds from eastern Europe eastwards across Asia 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. More

The saker falcon is a big, strong bird of prey with large feet and pointed wings. It is larger than the peregrine falcon, and has a very wide wingspan for its size. There are several subspecies of saker falcons; the steppe Saker (Falco cherrug cherrug), the mountain Saker (Falco cherrug milvipes), and the Altai Saker (Falco cherrug altaicus ). The saker falcon has a large range of color, from dark brown to grey, to almost white. More

Recently, the Saker Falcon has used artificial nests very succuessfully. Those nests are normally place on trees or pylons. In Hungary, about 85% of the 183-200 known pairs in 2006 breed in artificial nests, approximately half of them on trees, the others on pylons . Breeding normally starts with two years . Egg-laying in south-east Europa normally starts at the beginning of the second half of March. More

The Saker falcon has a large range of color, from dark brown to grey, to almost white. The Saker is a ferocious falcon. It is larger than the peregrine falcon, and has a very wide wingspan for its size. The Saker will prey on a wide range of animals, mainly rodents, or birds such as pigeons and partridges. Quite often it will attack prey larger than itself. More

The saker falcon is about 18 inches tall. They have large eyes and a short, hooked beak. Steppe saker falcons use the nests of Black Kites (Milvus migrans) and Imperial Eagles (Aquila heliaca). The mountain saker build its nest on cliffs. Saker falcons lay 2 to 5 eggs. In the winter they migrate south to Kazakhstan and the Middle East. They spend most of their time hunting for mammals like voles, rats, stoats, weasels, northern pikas, Siberian chipmunks, and birds. More

Saker Falcons have brown upperbellies and contrasting grey flight feathers. The head and underparts are paler brown, with streaking from the breast down. Males (called sakrets in falconry) and females are similar, as are young birds, although these tend to be a duller brown. The call is a sharp kiy-ee. Adults can be distinguished from the similar Lanner Falcon since the Lanner is blue-grey above with a reddish back to the head. More

In some areas Saker Falcon populations have undergone a marked decline, whilst in other places the population has remained fairly stable or even increased. In some countries declines began in the late 19th Century through direct persecution to protect game and livestock, whilst further extensive declines occurred in the 20th Century when large areas of natural steppe habitat were converted for agriculture. More

Saker falcon in Mongolia: Research and Conservation Saker Falcon Field Team Member From left: Usukhuu (undergraduate student), Gomboo, Batsaikhan (driver), Prof.Sumiya, Dr.Eugene Potapov Saker Falcon in Mongolia: Research and Conservation project was initiated and supported by National Avian Research Center (NARC), UK and Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA), UAE, in 1998. More

The saker falcon originated in southeast Europe and Asia. Their preferred habitats are the open plains and forest steppes. They can be found on the steppes of Mongolia and of southern Siberia, and the Russian Altai mountains. The saker falcon is about 18 inches tall. They have large eyes and a short, hooked beak. Steppe saker falcons use the nests of Black Kites (Milvus migrans) and Imperial Eagles (Aquila heliaca). The mountain saker build its nest on cliffs. More

Saker Falcon - Definition = Saker Falcon Conservation status: Endangered Saker Falcon Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae Genus: Falco Species: cherrug More

The Saker Falcon is a bird of open grassland with some trees. It is a carnivore, usually hunting by horizontal pursuit, rather than the Peregrine's stoop from a height, and feeds mainly on rodents and more rarely birds. This species usually builds no nest of its own, but lays its 3-6 eggs on the ground or in an old stick nest in a tree which was previously used by other large birds such as crows, ravens or buzzards. More

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