Peregrine Falcon Thailand (1 Viewer)

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portnoy58

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• Aug 8, 2011

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I make this a Peregrine Falcon shot in a rice paddy in west central Thailand. It appears to have a slight rufous hue around the neck and upper breast and it doesn't appear too grey either so I am not entirely sure. Can someone help. Many thanks

 

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birdboybowley

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #2

Yes, it is a Peregrine. Can't remember offhand which ssp is prevalent in Thailand but the races vary greatly in under- and upperpart colouration

 

Jan-Paul Charteris

Sussex birder and budding moth enthusiast

• Aug 8, 2011

• #3

birdboybowley said:

Yes, it is a Peregrine. Can't remember offhand which ssp is prevalent in Thailand but the races vary greatly in under- and upperpart colouration

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According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileeregrineSubspeciesMap.png (and no, I don't believe everything I read on Wiki ) it's either peregrinator (sounds like Hitchcock's The Birds meets Terminator), or ernesti.

peregrinator (seems to also be refered to as Shaheen Falcon): http://www.worldwildlifeimages.com/birds/d/32088-7/Falco+peregrinus+peregrinator+_Peregrine+Falcon_+Adult+female_1244+_c_+Roger+_amp_+Liz+Charlwood+_WorldWildlifeImages_com__0.jpg

ernesti: http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~raptor/DSCN8104%20copy_L.jpg

Look quite similar to one another anyway...great looking subspecies though...

Jan

 

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portnoy58

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #4

Thanks for the confirmation and having looked at the links and talked to a few folk here I think it is ssp ernesti.

 

tombac

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #5

I had a look at your picture earlier and thougt it was a "ernesti". But it could be a "peregrinator". The "japonicus" and the "calidus" are wintering/migrant birds. Both "peregrinator" and 'ernesti" are found in the Ratchaburi area but y "peregrinator" is probably more common there.

 

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portnoy58

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #6

Thanks Tom. Thanks Jan-Pal and Adam. I actually spoke with Phil Round and sent him the pic. He reckons it is a local breeder and is not orange enough to be peregrinator and less vinous below than ernesti. Phil reckons they probably warrant describing as their own distinct subspecies.