Barbary Falcon

Falco (JJ8regrfnus) peJBgrfnoldes

Beak

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Feet

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Crest

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Confined as a breeder to N and W Pakistan and wintering east to NW India. Adult has pale blue-grey upperparts. bullish underparts with only sparse streaking and barring, rufous on crown and nape, a fine pale supercilium, and a narrow dark moustachial stripe. in flight, underwing appears pale with dark wing-tips and crescent - shaped carpel patch. Possibly confusable with Red - necked Falcon, but larger and stockier, lacks barring on underparts, has more evenly barred tail, and at rest wing-tips reach tail tip (falling short of tail in Red-necked). Juvenile has darker brown upperparts with narrow rufous-buff fringes, heavily streaked underparts and underwing-coverts, and only a trace of rufous on forehead and supercilium. Fast and powerful falcon. Mainly desert and semi-desert; favours open countrywi throcky hills.