Description Falco biarmicus
English: An adult Lanner Falcon flying near Tugela Ferry, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Date 3 December 2010, 11:26
Source Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus) http://www.flickr.com/photos/12457947@N07/5229957992/
Author Alan Manson http://www.flickr.com/photos/12457947@N07
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falco_biarmicus_-near_Tugela_Ferry,_KwaZulu-Natal,_South_Africa_-flying-8a.jpg

The lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) is a medium-sized bird of prey that breeds in Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia. It is mainly resident, but some birds disperse more widely after the breeding season. European lanner falcons (Falco biarmicus feldeggi, also called Feldegg's falcon) have slate grey or brown-grey upperparts; most African subspecies are a paler blue grey above. The breast is streaked in northern birds, resembling greyish saker falcons, but the lanner has a reddish back to the head. Sexes are similar, but the browner young birds resemble saker falcons even more. Order: Falconiformes, Family: Falconidae, Species: Falco biarmicus Temminck, 1825
Synonyms:
Falco feldeggii Schlegel, 1843
Falco feldeggi Strickland, 1855 (lapsus)