Lanner Falcon

📸 Photo by Bob Brewer on Unsplash

Lanner falcons skim low over deserts and savannas, snatching doves and rodents in sudden bursts. Slate-grey back, pale chest and dark moustache give them a classic raptor look. Long prized in falconry, they curb pest birds but face power-line strikes and illegal trapping.

Habitat: The Lanner Falcon can be found in Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bosnia-and-herz, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina-faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central-african-rep, Chad, Dem-rep-congo, Croatia, Cote-d-ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Macedonia, Palestine, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi-arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra-leone, Somalia, Somaliland, South-africa, S-sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, W-sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Oman, Syria, Congo, Cyprus, Czechia, France, Gabon, Iraq, Kuwait, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, United-arab-emirates, Qatar