Amur Falcon
Introduction
An extremely rare visitor from eastern Siberia, this smart falcon normally winters in south-east Africa
The first British record of this species involved an individual that was, for several weeks, mis-identified as a Red-footed Falcon; images posted on the internet, revealing the diagnostic pure white axillaries that had grown during its stay, clinched it as an Amur Falcon.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Falconiformes
- Family: Falconidae
- Scientific name: Falco amurensis
- Authority: Radde, 1863
- Euring code number: 3080
Alternate species names
- Catalan: falcó de l'Amur
- Czech: poštolka amurská
- Danish: Amurfalk
- Dutch: Amoerroodpootvalk
- Estonian: ida-punajalgpistrik
- Finnish: amurinhaukka
- French: Faucon de l’Amour
- German: Amurfalke
- Hungarian: amuri vércse
- Italian: Falco dell'Amur
- Latvian: Amuras piekuns
- Lithuanian: amurinis sakalas
- Norwegian: Amurfalk
- Polish: kobczyk amurski
- Portuguese: falcão-do-amur
- Slovak: sokol amurský
- Spanish: Cernícalo del Amur
- Swedish: amurfalk
