Eastern Brown Falcon Rufous Morph, head | Eastern Brown Falcon Rufous Morph, top of wing | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | ||||
Order: | Birds of Prey (Falconiformes) | ||||
Family: | Falcon (Falconidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Eastern Brown Falcon (Falco (Ieracidea) berigora ssp berigora) | ||||
This Photo: | Rufous Morph, under-wing | ||||
Other name: | Australian Brown Falcon | ||||
Thank you Ralph Foster, Alan Melville & John Oliver for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Medium sized bird of prey. The light morph has a buff breast, with thin brown stripes. All morphs have brown back and wings. We have a resident breeding pair of Brown Falcons (mixed morphs) often found perched on the top of a dead tree. They sit there for hours, scanning their surrounds. We have read of studies that the suggest "morphs" are simple age variations (lighter = older). Our photo of a Light Morph juvenile must disprove this? | |||||
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