Burung pemangsa (Birds of Prey)
Eurasian Hobby
Falco subbuteo
- umum
- 28 km/h
- Pemula
- Risiko rendah
Catches swifts and swallows in mid-air at full speed. Only a falcon this fast could intercept their flight.
- Populasi
- Widespread and numerous across its Palearctic breeding range; overall population trend stable
- Habitat
- Open country with scattered trees — farmland, heathland, marshes, taiga edge, and savannah — used for both hunting and nesting in old corvid or raptor nests
- Fakta menarik
- The Eurasian Hobby is fast and agile enough to catch swifts and swallows outright in flight, a feat almost no other raptor of its size can match.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across temperate Eurasia (the Palearctic, from Britain and Iberia to Japan); nominate population winters in sub-Saharan/southern Africa and southern Asia, while F. s. streichi is resident from Myanmar to south China and northern Indochina; rare vagrant to North America and occasionally Australia and Brazil
- Makanan
- Aerial hunter of large flying insects (especially dragonflies) and small birds (e.g., swallows, swifts, martins) caught on the wing, occasionally small bats
- Ukuran
- 0,325 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,79 m
- Masa hidup
- 7 tahun
