Description:

Large and more compact, with a narrower and weaker moustache, and pale supercilium and nape-band. Adult has pale blue-grey upperparts, buffish underparts with only sparse streaking and barring, rufous on crown and nape, a fine pale supercilium, and a narrow dark moustachial stripe.

Distribution:

Common and widespread resident the the western parts of Gilgit-Baltistan, absent from Baltistan region. Mainly prefers desert and semi-desert, open country with rocky hills and little to no vegetation. Found from lowlands up to 3000m.

Behavior:

Birds taken mainly in flight: when searching for prey, often flies high or perches at prominent site; once it locates prey, it typically pursues it at great speed, frequently culminating in very rapid stoop; prey normally killed in mid-air. Chiefly feeds on birds; occasionally mammals, including bats, rats, rabbits and voles; also insects, reptiles and exceptionally fish.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Barbary Falcon in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Barbary Falcon

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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