#Falco cherrug

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The Saker Falcon (Falco sacer) | Joseph Wolf | Zoological sketches v.1 (1861) | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr | Public domain

[meg-megbanom-ezt]

However, there are those annoying type of birding dreams where you see a rare / interesting species and get excited, only to wake up to realize it was not true. So much for the saker falcon and the bar-headed goose in my village. :(

i have a disgusting amount of dreams that just involve me identifying birds like i come out of my dreams with lists of birds that i saw and i was like "i know who that is. Great Blue Heron. Cedar Waxwing"

[boombox-fuckboy]

Skyjacks - Some Birds

Some lionbirds in Skyjacks might be familiar (I imagine most people know what Lucas looks like) but others maybe less so, depending on where you're from. I like birds, so here's a few noteworthy and cool features:

Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Metatron, flown by Gable of The Uhuru

Wildfire, Yellow Audron general bird for the Swiftwell Courier Service

Grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)

Flea, flown by Jonnit Kessler and Gable of The Uhuru

Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

Ferdinand, flown by Travis Matagot of The Uhuru

Banner, flown by Coriander Swiftwell of the Swiftwell Courier Service

Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)

Aristocracy, showbird and jousting bird flown by Tiberius Youngblood of the Youngblood Family

Bountiful, Winter Stables warbird of The Swiftwell Courier Service

Saker falcon (Falco cherrug)

Augury, flown by June Hymnall, apprentice aboard the Swiftwell Courier Service's Red Audron

White-bellied go-away-bird (Crinifer leucogaster)

Obstinacy, flown by Fredrick Hawthorne, master all-courier to the Swiftwell Courier Service

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Victory, flown by Hidred Gastaur, pro jouster

Ghost, Autumn Stables warbird for the Swiftwell Courier Service

Great Horned Owl (Bubo Virginianus)

Agamemnon, flown by Fthina Vronti, Post Master General of the Swiftwell Courier Service

Choco toucan (Ramphastos brevis)

Royal, Red Audron general bird for the Swiftwell Courier Service

Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

Squall, flown by Braith Ashworth, all-courier for the Swiftwell Courier Service

[walterjenkel]

©photography by Walter Jenkel 2023 Peregrine x Saker falcon (Falco peregrinus x cherrug) WALTER JENKEL @WalterJenkelwalter_jenkel

Thanks to the raptor reintroduction program led by Dr. Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente in Spain and together with the breeding system led by Professor Richard Fife in Canada, we can once again see the peregrine falcon fly in our cities and rural areas 🖤

[squawkoverflow]

A new variant has been added!

Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) © Henry C. Richter

It hatches from dark, large, pale, powerful, and thin eggs.

squawkoverflow - the ultimate bird collecting game          🥚 hatch    ❤️ collect     🤝 connect

[aticketplz]

セイカーハヤブサだったと思います

上は擬似餌をつかまえたところです

速かった〜〜よく撮れたな〜

@那須どうぶつ王国

[evilkitten3]

For that animal ask: 16, 21 and 26?

16. Do you know any animals you would affectionately describe as ‘freaks of nature’?

the cookiecutter shark. like i love it to death but it looks like a cartoon drawing of an offensive caricature of itself 21. If parasitic aliens invaded Earth and could be hiding anywhere and you’d been given the power to morph into animals in order to fight back, which animals would you pick for 1) stealth, 2) flight, and 3) battle?

for stealth, i’d pick an insect of some kind, probably a cockroach or a stick bug, maybe a leaf katydid. for flight, i think i’d go with a saker falcon. they’re not quite as fast as peregrines while diving, but they can go faster horizontally, which is somewhat more important for getting places. not that their dive is anything to scoff at, mind you, but it’s not what i’d be prioritizing. for battle... well, not to sound like a meme, but the honey badger ain’t nothing to fuck with.

26. If you could have any animal as your pet/companion, and money, housing, proper care, and other logistics wasn’t an issue, which animal would you pick?

DRAGON. I WANT A DRAGON.

[trash-gremlin]

actually back to designate exact species for all the great beasts and say what similar animals can and cant be summoned yayyyy

Briggan the Wolf - grey wolf, nominate subspecies: eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus)

can be summoned: red wolf (Canis rufus), domestic dogs (any breed) (Canis familiaris)*, foxes (genus Vulpes)

cant be summoned: tundra wolf (Canis lupus albus), arabian wolf (Canis lupus arabs), himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) and other grey wolf subspecies under Canis lupus

*some argue dogs are actually a subspecies under Canis lupus but as seen in the books and game domestic dogs can be summoned so ive decided to include them as their own species. ive also extended this for all domesticated species as apparently a lot of experts disagree on whether they should be counted as their own species or a subspecies

Uraza the Leopard - leopard, nominate subspecies: african leopard (Panthera pardus pardus)

can be summoned: clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi), snow leopard (Panthera uncia), jaguars (Panthera onca)

cant be summoned: amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) javan leopard (Panthera pardus melas) and other leopard subspecies under Panthera pardus

Jhi the Panda - panda, nominate species: giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca melanoleuca)

can be summoned: red panda (Ailurus fulgens), literally any other bear (family: Ursidae) except polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

cant be summoned: quinling panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis)

Essix the Falcon - gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

can be summoned: anything else in the Falco genus

can't be summoned: the other three members of the hierofalco subgenus: Lanner falcon, (Falco biarmicus), Lagger falcon (Falco jugger), Saker falcon (Falco cherrug)**

**these were included because gyrfalcon has no subspecies but exists in a subgenus in the Falco genus called hierofalco, which contains only three other species. these species apparently readily interbreed and have fully fertile offspring. theyre also one of the only subgenus (the other being the hobby birds under hypotriorchris), all other falcons exist under the Falco genus

Arax the Ram - bighorn sheep, nominate species: rocky mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis)

can be summoned: mountain sheep (Ovis ammon), barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), domestic sheep (Ovis aries)

cant be summoned: sierra nevada bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis sierrae), desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni)

Rumfuss the Boar - wild boar, nominate species: central european boar (Sus scrofa scrofa)

can be summoned: common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), domestic pig (Sus domesticus), red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus)

cant be summoned: north african boar (Sus scrofa algira), Indian boar (Sus scrofa cristatus), central asian boar (Sus scrota davidi) and other boar subspecies under Sus scrofa

Dinesh the Elephant - asian elephant, nominate species: sri lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus)

can be summoned: african bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), african forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)

cant be summoned: indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus), sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus)

Suka the Polar Bear - polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

can be summoned: literally any other bear (family: Ursidae)

cant be summoned: there are no subspecies or extremely close relatives of the polar bear!

Mulop the Octopus - giant pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)

can be summoned: literally any other octopus ever (order: Octopada, any family, any genus)***

cant be summoned: there are no subspecies or extremely close relatives of the giant pacific octopus!

***that is, if they can actually be summoned. there are no other cases of a non mammalian marine animal being summoned and mulop is an exception as no one is supposed to be able to summon the great beast species

Carboro the Lion - lion (Panthera leo)

can be summoned: mountain lion (Puma concolor)

cant be summoned: there are no subspecies or extremely close relatives of the lion!****

****a subspecies Panthera leo melanochaita does technically exist however experts debate over its validity due to the overlap with Panthera leo leo so ive decided to not count it

Ninani the Swan - mute swan (Cygnus olor)

can be summoned: black swan (Cygnus atratus), black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus) and other swans (genus: Cygnus)

cant be summoned: there are no subspecies or extremely close relatives of the mute swan!

Halawir the Eagle - golden eagle, nominate species: european golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos)

can be summoned: bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) and other "true eagles" (genus: Aquila)

cant be summoned: iberian golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos homeyeri), asian golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos daphanea), japanese golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos japonica) and other golden eagle subspecies under Aquila chrysaetos

Gerathon the Serpent - king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

can be summoned: ring necked spitting cobra (Hemachatus haemachatus), indian cobra (Naja naja)

cant be summoned: there are no subspecies or extremely close relatives of the king cobra!

Kovo the Ape - gorilla, nominate species: western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

can be summoned: any subspecies of eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei), chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)

cant be summoned: cross river gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli)

Tellun the Elk - elk, roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti)*****

can be summoned: european fallow deer  (Dama dama), red deer (Cervus elaphus), whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

cant be summoned: tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes), manitoban elk (Cervus canadensis manitobensis), rocky mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) and other elk under Cervus canadensis

******the nominate species of elk is the eastern elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis), which is unfortunately extinct

and as a final note - just because its theoretically possible doesnt mean that it has or will happen, this was just an excuse to do a bunch of research and taxonomy is dodgy at best ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the concept that the great beast species cant be summoned as spirit animals is very interesting to me, because in the game you can summon a red wolf when briggan is wolf. now obviously we can assume that briggan is a grey wolf so summoning a red wolf is theoretically possible, even if they look quite similar in real life.

but that brought me to the question, what animals could you summon that are similar to the great beasts?

assuming uraza is an african leopard, can you summon an amur leopard? these two are very similar and only really differ through their habitat. lets look at their taxonomy. the amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) and the african leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) are actually subspecies of the same species, with the african leopard being the nominate subspecies (repeats the species name as its subspecies, essentially the "default").

is being separated by subspecies enough? lets looks at the taxonomy for a grey wolf (Canis lupus) and a red wolf (Canis rufus). As you can see they are not subspecies but rather two separate species. using this i would conclude that animals must be separated by species (not subspecies) from the closest related great beast.

therefore, because uraza is the nominate subspecies for her species, it can be concluded that all great beast whose species contain subspecies would be the nominate subspecies and thus other subspecies such as the amur leopard can not be summoned.

this is also supported in books when abeke says that people can summon cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), but not leopards. cheetahs are not even in the same genus as leopards and all other leopards in the area are subspecies. other species of "leopard" (eg. clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi), snow leopard (Panthera uncia) and the jaguar (Panthera onca)) are all separated by a species if not more.

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The Falcon

[podartists]

Falcon sacre (Falco cherrug) | Joseph Wolf (1820-1899)

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Faucon sacre.

(Falco cherrug - Saker Falcon). Spectacle Les Aigles des Remparts à Provins.

Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France - (05/2018).

© Quentin Douchet. A ma soeur, Julie...

[pcitr]

Falco cherrug Reference used under CC0.

[walterjenkel]

©photography by Walter Jenkel 2022 Altai falcon (Falco cherrug altaicus) WALTER JENKEL @WalterJenkel walter_jenkel  #altaifalcon #falcocherrugaltaicus #walterjenkel

[aticketplz]

開放ッ! @松江フォーゲルパーク

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Halcón Gerifalte - sello Emiratos Arabes Unidos 1990

Halcón Gerifalte – sello Emiratos Arabes Unidos 1990

Halcón Gerifalte – sello Emiratos Arabes Unidos 1990 Halcones Sello “Halcón Gerifalte – Falco cherrug” – Halcón ¿Puedes aportar alguna información sobre este sello? Para comenzar tu colección de sellos postales solo necesitas el primer, después no podrás parar. Y cada día aprenderás algo nuevo, la filatelia es cultura y se dice que si algo no está en un sello no existe Si estás registrado…

[lgordinho]

HÍBRIDO GERIFALTE x SACRE/ GYR x SAKER HYBRID/ Falco rusticolus x F. cherrug

Fêmea imatura, tipo castanho-pálido/ Immature female, pale-brown type

Ave ao serviço da empresa credenciada Volataria, a quem agradeço a oportunidade fotográfica

Barra Cheia (Palmela, Setúbal), 26-Fev-2012

Câmara Nikon Coolpix P5100/ Nikon Coolpix P5100 camera

Luís Gordinho