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Revision as of 14:38, 30 October 2008
- Falco subniger
Identification
Females 55cm, males 45cm.
Black Falcon does not show banding in tail or wings, and does not show moustacial stripes in the head (these are all differences from Brown Falcon). Older birds can have some white in the head, but are otherwise black to dark brown.
Distribution
Australia: occurs in the interior of all mainland states, absent from coastal areas of the west, north and east and from Tasmania. Uncommon over most of range. Resident and nomadic.
Taxonomy
Monotypoic.
Habitat
Open woodland and forest edge, plains, grasslands and farmland with scattered trees.
Behaviour
The diet includes mainly birds which it often takes on the wing, also lizards, quail or rabbits.
