Fig. 66-67. Eastern Saker Falcon captured near Jászberény. Photo: I. Sterbetz
Title: Aquila Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Magyar Madártani Intézet; Magyar ornithologiai központ; Magyar Királyi Madártani Intézet
Subjects: Birds; Birds Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aquila_(1956)_(19741024872).jpg
The saker falcon (Falco cherrug) is a large species of falcon. This species breeds from eastern Europe eastwards across Asia to Manchuria. It is mainly migratory except in the southernmost parts of its range, wintering in Ethiopia, the Arabian peninsula, northern Pakistan and western China.
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Scientific Name: Falco cherrug Gray, 1834
Common Names: Saker Falcon, Saker, Altai Falcon (“altaicus”)
French: Faucon sacre; German: Würgfalke; Spanish: Halcón sacre
Taxonomy: Falco cherrug J. E. Gray, 1834, India.
Synonyms: Falco lanarius
