Saker Falcon

📸 Photo by David Floyd: https://www.pexels.com/photo/saker-falcon-in-the-forest-13077649/

Skimming the Asian steppe, the Saker Falcon hammers ducks and ground squirrels with a spear-like dive. Falconers revere its power, yet power lines and trapping keep shrinking its range, leaving this broad-winged hunter fighting for a foothold in open skies.

Habitat: The Saker Falcon can be found in Azerbaijan, Kenya, Qatar, S-sudan, Tanzania, Algeria, Belarus, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Morocco, Macedonia, Palestine, Poland, Spain, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia-and-herz, Bulgaria, Chad, China, Croatia, Czechia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Saudi-arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United-arab-emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Albania, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Cameroon, Denmark, Djibouti, Finland, South-korea, Portugal, Senegal, Sweden, Uganda