The saker falcon (Falco cherrug) is a large falcon species. It breeds from Central Europe eastwards across the Palearctic to Manchuria. It is a partial...
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Look up saker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saker may refer to: Saker falcon (Falco cherrug), a species of falcon Saker (cannon), a type of cannon...
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Falconry (section Falcons (Falco))
hawk, goshawks, sparrow hawks) "Longwings": Falcons (peregrine falcons, kestrels, gyrfalcons, saker falcons) Owls are also used, although they are far...
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"Falling with the Falcon". Air & Space magazine. Retrieved 14 May 2013. "The Saker Falcon in Austria". Retrieved 27 December 2020. "Saker Falcon". 2020. Retrieved...
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and peregrine-Barbary complex (Nittinger et al. 2005). Supposedly a saker falcon paleosubspecies (Mlíkovský 2002), but this is not too likely due to the...
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related species of falcon which make up the subgenus Hierofalco: Lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus Laggar falcon, Falco jugger Saker falcon, Falco cherrug Gyrfalcon...
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Gyrfalcon (redirect from Gyr falcon)
probably originated) that evolved into the saker falcon. Previous beliefs held that gyrfalcons hybridized with sakers in the Altai Mountains, and this gene...
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greyish saker falcons, but the lanner has a reddish back to the head. Sexes are similar, but the browner young birds resemble saker falcons even more...
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by the English. It was named after the saker falcon, a large falconry bird native to the Middle East. A saker's barrel was approximately 9.5 ft (2.9 m)...
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Ministry of Environment". "Mongolia names falcon as national bird". wwf.panda.org. Retrieved 22 June 2022. "Saker Falcon, A National Bird of Mongolia". Birds...
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region. The pallid falcon morph kreyenborgi is medium grey above, has little barring below and has a head pattern like the saker falcon (Falco cherrug),...
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The Altai falcon has been identified as a color morph of the Central Asian saker falcon (Falco cherrug milvipes), as per the latest genetic research (Zinevich...
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and bird symbols". Retrieved 22 March 2018. "National Bird of UAE: the Saker Falcon, an emblem of pride soaring through 5 facts | The Middle East Beat"....
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four birds. Around five species of falcon are considered vulnerable to extinction by the IUCN, including the saker falcon. The family Falconidae was introduced...
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scenario, by and large, parallels the proposed evolutionary history of the saker falcon in relation to the other hierofalcons; indeed, that group shows similar...
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mechanical. The prairie falcon outwardly resembles the peregrine as well as the Old World "hierofalcons", especially the saker falcon. It was previously often...
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word sólyom means falcon, and there are three ancient words describing different kinds of falcons: kerecsen [Greek κερχνηίς] (saker falcon), zongor [Turkish...
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Disney Magic Kingdoms. Hayabusa (voiced by Frank Welker) is Shan Yu's pet saker falcon, who acts as his master's eyes and ears from a distance. At the end of...
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dirham coin has also been found in ten-cent coin rolls in Australia. A falcon watermark is present on all dirham notes to prevent fraud. On 20 May 1973...
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(2004): Phylogenetic relationships in the Hierofalco complex (Saker-, Gyr-, Lanner-, Laggar Falcon). In: Chancellor, R.D. & Meyburg, B.-U. (eds.): Raptors Worldwide:...
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Mongolian steppes. It is most often seen alone. Its predators include the Saker Falcon. The black lark was originally placed in the genus Alauda. Alternate...
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prey such as short-toed eagle, booted eagle, Levant sparrowhawk and saker falcon. Măcin "Birds in Macin Mountains National Park/ Romania". Bird Lens....
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of falcon lived during the Middle Pleistocene in southern Europe. It is thought to be the common ancestor of the modern gyrfalcon and saker falcon. Johnson...
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HMS Saker, also known as HMS Saker I, HMS Saker II and HMS Saker III, has historically been the ship to which Royal Naval personnel serving in the United...
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magpie, European robin, water pipit, spotted flycatcher, namaqua dove, saker falcon, griffon vulture, little crake and collared pratincole, among others...
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heavily depleted the falcons' catches that the falcons’ nesting attempts failed. A still swifter falcon than the saker, the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)...
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Corsac foxs as well as carnivorous birds such as the bearded vulture, saker falcon, and the cinereous vulture. Marmots are common throughout the region...
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wintering grounds for many threatened species of migrant birds such as saker falcon, MacQueen's bustard, and sociable lapwing. 54 bird species were seen...
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morning and at dusk, and engage in some degree of kleptoparasitism. The saker falcon (Falco cherrug) has been reported stealing food from western jackdaws...
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