Hobby (bird)
| Hobbies | |
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| Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) showing the typical color pattern | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes |
| Family: | Falconidae |
| Genus: | Falco |
| Subgenus: | Hypotriorchis Boie, 1826 |
| Species | |
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6-9, see text. | |
A hobby is a fairly small, very swift
swallows
cannot escape a hobby.
The typical hobbies are traditionally considered a
malar area is black; and the underside usually has lengthwise black streaks. The tails are all-dark or have only slight bands.[1]
taxa such as the red-footed falcon appear in some respects intermediate between the kestrels and the typical hobbies.[2][3][4][5]
- Eurasian hobby (F. subbuteo), also known as the northern hobby
- African hobby (F. cuvierii)
- Oriental hobby (F. severus)
- Australian hobby or little falcon (F. longipennis), uncommon but widespread in Australia, during the southern winter, some birds migrate to the north of the continent or to the islands of Southeast Asia
- Sooty falcon (F. concolor) of the North African desert
- Mediterranean area during the northern summer, and migrates south to Madagascarfor the southern summer.
These species are tentatively placed here:
- New Zealand falcon or karearea (F. novaeseelandiae).
- Brown falcon (F. berigora)
- Taita falcon (F. fasciinucha)
References
- ISBN 84-87334-15-6
- ^ Helbig, A.J.; Seibold, I.; Bednarek, W.; Brüning, H.; Gaucher, P.; Ristow, D.; Scharlau, W.; Schmidl, D. & Wink, Michael (1994): Phylogenetic relationships among falcon species (genus Falco) according to DNA sequence variation of the cytochrome b gene. In: Meyburg, B.-U. & Chancellor, R.D. (editors): Raptor conservation today: 593-599. PDF fulltext
- ^ Wink, Michael; Seibold, I.; Lotfikhah, F. & Bednarek, W. (1998): Molecular systematics of holarctic raptors (Order Falconiformes). In: Chancellor, R.D., Meyburg, B.-U. & Ferrero, J.J. (editors): Holarctic Birds of Prey: 29-48. Adenex & WWGBP. PDF fulltext
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