Laggar Falcon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
| Falco jugger Gray, 1834 |
The Laggar Falcon (Falco jugger) is a large bird of prey which occurs in the Indian subcontinent from extreme south-east Iran, south-east Afghanistan, Pakistan, through India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and north-west Myanmar.
This used to be the most common falcon in the region, but numbers have declined dramatically. The main threats are the intensification of pesticide use in the region and use as a decoy to trap large falcons.
[edit] Gallery
 Laggar Falcon from Thar desert, Rajasthan, India. |
 Seen feeding on a Spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx hardwickii). |
 Resident falcon in India. |
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Falco jugger. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
[edit] External link
 |
This Falconiformes article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
