#1206 · 🐦 birds

Saker Falcon

🇳🇱 Sakervalk ·Falco cherrug

ENendangered 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The saker falcon ( Falco cherrug ) is a large species of 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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,400iNaturalist observations
weight 1.1 kgadult, up to
threat ENendangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,400 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 1.1 kg.
Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1834 (192 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.