Red-headed Falcon

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(New page: Image:RedheadedFalcon.jpg '''Common Name:''' Red-headed Falcon or Merlin<br> '''Scientific Name:''' Falco chicquera '''Size:''' 11.8-14.2 inches (30-36 cm); '''Wingspan:''' 33.5 inch...)
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It occupies semi-desert, palm savannas, areas with sparse vegetation and with some large trees, watercourses in desert, flood and coastal plains, and forest edges.
It occupies semi-desert, palm savannas, areas with sparse vegetation and with some large trees, watercourses in desert, flood and coastal plains, and forest edges.
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Status:''' Near Threatened. '''Global population:''' 10,000-30,000 adult individuals with a decreasing population trend. The population is suspected to be undergoing a moderately rapid population decline (approaching 30% over the last 19 years), owing to ongoing habitat degradation. Rapid urbanization and development may be the main cause of declines in parts of the range, for example around Bangalore city, where the population dwindled from five breeding pairs prior to the mid 1990s to only sporadic recent sightings, presumably due to the conversion of habitat within their territories into densely packed bustling residential/built-up areas. In Nepal, there has been a sharp reduction in abundance in the Kathmandu Valley, from being very common in the 19th century to absent over at least the last 25 years. The cause of this decline is uncertain but may relate to widespread and intensive pesticide use. At least historically, capture for the falconry trade may have posed an additional threat.
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'''Status:''' Near Threatened. '''Global population:''' 10,000-30,000 adult individuals with a decreasing population trend. The population is suspected to be undergoing a moderately rapid population decline (approaching 30% over the last 19 years), owing to ongoing habitat degradation. Rapid urbanization and development may be the main cause of declines in parts of the range, for example around Bangalore city, where the population dwindled from five breeding pairs prior to the mid 1990s to only sporadic recent sightings, presumably due to the conversion of habitat within their territories into densely packed bustling residential/built-up areas. In Nepal, there has been a sharp reduction in abundance in the Kathmandu Valley, from being very common in the 19th century to absent over at least the last 25 years. The cause of this decline is uncertain but may relate to widespread and intensive pesticide use. At least historically, capture for the falconry trade may have posed an additional threat.
'''Diet:''' Mostly birds and bats in flight. It also consumes large insects taken on the ground. They often hunt in pairs. One of the falcons flies low above the ground and flushes up small birds, while the other follows the prey higher and catches it at the edge of the cover. They are more active at dawn and dusk.
'''Diet:''' Mostly birds and bats in flight. It also consumes large insects taken on the ground. They often hunt in pairs. One of the falcons flies low above the ground and flushes up small birds, while the other follows the prey higher and catches it at the edge of the cover. They are more active at dawn and dusk.

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