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Falco hypoleucos (Grey Falcon)

Wikipedia Abstract

The grey falcon (Falco hypoleucos) is a medium-sized falcon native to Australia. It is uncommon throughout its range and currently classified as Vulnerable.
View Wikipedia Record: Falco hypoleucos

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Falco hypoleucos

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
40
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.20816
EDGE Score: 3.36151
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.056 lbs (479 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.376 lbs (624 g)
Male Weight [1]  335 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  86.3 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  30 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Forages - Aerial [2]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  20 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  40 %
Clutch Size [4]  2
Incubation [3]  35 days
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [5]  49
Snout to Vent Length [1]  15 inches (38 cm)
Wing Span [3]  36 inches (.92 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Southwest Australia Australia No

Prey / Diet

Eolophus roseicapilla (Galah)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aquila audax (Wedge-tailed Eagle)1
Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon)1
Falco subniger (Black Falcon)1
Hieraaetus morphnoides (Little Eagle)1
Ninox strenua (Powerful Boobook)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Serratospiculum guttatum[6]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 5Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 6Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0