Oriental Hobby
Falco severusHorsfield, T, 1821
English (US) Oriental Hobby
The Oriental Hobby (Falco severus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras) in the order Falconiformes.
Range: breeds southern Asia, Malay Archipelago, and New Guinea region; winters to southern IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Falco severus
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Oriental Hobby
- Described by
- Horsfield, T, 1821
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Horsfield, T, 1821
- Type locality
- Java.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.1 p.135
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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