Pair Amur Falcons is a piece of digital artwork by Vintage File Collection which was uploaded on December 26th, 2013.
Pair Amur Falcons
The Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) is a small raptor of the falcon family. It breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China before migrating in... more
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Pair Amur Falcons
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Vintage File Collection
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Digital Art - Digital Reproduction
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The Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) is a small raptor of the falcon family. It breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China before migrating in large flocks across India and over the Arabian Sea to winter in Southern Africa. It was earlier treated as a subspecies of the Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) and known as the Eastern Red-footed Falcon. Males are dark grey with reddish brown thighs and undertail coverts; reddish orange eye-ring, cere and feet. Females are duller above with dark scaly markings on white underparts, an orange eye ring, cere and legs. Only a pale wash of rufous is visible on their thighs and undertail coverts. Their diet consists mainly of insects, such as termites and during migration over the sea, are thought to feed on migrating dragonflies. The route that they take from Africa back to their breeding grounds is as yet unclear.
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December 26th, 2013
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