Reference photo — Mike Prince from Bangalore, India, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Eurasian Hobby
Falco subbuteo
Challenging
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Birds
- Family
- Falconidae
- Size
- 74–84 cm (wingspan)
- Weight
- 175–285 g
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Lifespan
- 5–10 yrs
- Habitat
- Open farmland, Heathland, Woodland edges
About
The Eurasian hobby, or just hobby, is a small, slim falcon. It belongs to a group of similar falcons often considered a subgenus of Falco.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.