Oriental Hobby

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Oriental Hobby
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Falco
Species: F. severus
Binomial name
Falco severus
Horsfield, 1821

The Oriental Hobby (Falco severus) is typically between 27 to 30 cm long. It can be found in eastern Himalayas and ranges to southern China, Hainan and south through Indochina to Southern Asia and Australasia. It has been recorded as a vagrant from Malaysia and Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean.

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[edit] Diet and habitats

The Oriental Hobby feeds mainly on insects. Its typical habitats are lowland forested areas and woodland. It nests in used nest of other birds either in trees, on building ledges or on cliffs.

[edit] Identification

Adult is rich chestnut below, bluish-grey above with a black hood and pale throat. Juvenile has black streaks on its rufous chest and has a mottled back.

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