Lanner Falcon
A Lanner Falcon
The Lanner or Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus ) lives in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Asia Minor, Italy and the Balkans. He is to be found in Central Europe only as a very rare visitor bird. The observed in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and Poland are all individuals as refugees captivity. Recognized evidence of wild birds are only available for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Description
From the Peregrine Lanner can be distinguished by the more slender shape and the narrower tail and lower wing beat frequency. He has a wingspan of 100 cm (males) and 110 cm (females ).
The Lanner preferred open areas such as stone and semi- deserts, connect to which steilfelsige mountains. In the high rock formations are the breeding places of the Hawk. More rarely, he lives on coastal rocks.
The partners in a couple Lanner hunt mainly during the period of breeding season together in company hunting. They chase their prey and turns trying to beat them. To their diet include birds such as jackdaws, sanguine or kestrels, rock doves or partridges, which are spread in the air. Only in very nutrient-poor desert areas rabbits, rats, lizards or beetles are captured on the ground.
As of March, the female lays 3-4 eggs in a hollow of a rock escarpment. In 32-35 days, the eggs are incubated by the female, while the male concerned about the food. The partners of a couple to stay together throughout the year and not leave their territory. The boys roam, however, until they mate and have eventually found their own territory.
Stock
In the 19th century it came at Lanner falcons to strong complex losses and he disappeared both in Spain and in France. The causes of this area loss are not well understood, climatic causes are likely to play as large a role as a persecution. In the first half of the 20th century, the stock was stable, but increased greatly from the 1950s on. In addition to the launch of the trade also plays a role with this type.
The IUCN estimates that the total population of 100,000 to 1 million animals and recorded a rising trend. Therefore, the species is considered " not at risk ". The European breeding population is only 480-900 breeding pairs. Of komen before about 300 to 600 breeding pairs in Turkey. Approximately 100 to 140 breeding pairs breed in Italy.