艾氏隼

分类位置

同属物种

African Hobby

African Hobby

美国红隼

American Kestrel

红脚隼 (阿穆尔隼)

Amur Falcon

黃腹隼

Aplomado Falcon

姬隼

Australian Hobby

Banded Kestrel

Banded Kestrel

形态与习性

Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae) is a medium-sized falcon. It belongs to the hobby group, a rather close-knit number of similar falcons often considered a subgenus Falco. The sooty falcon is sometimes considered its closest relative, but while they certainly belong to the same lineage, they do not seem to be close sister species. The English name and the species name eleonorae commemorate Eleanor of Arborea, Queen or Lady-Judge (Juighissa) and national heroine of Sardinia, who in 1392, under