![]() Many of the birds I have seen in the Middle East look like this bird, and there are no Peregrines in those areas to complicate the matter, as is the case in Morocco.Īndrea Corso also kindly commented in the comments section below: Some Barbary’s have a Peregrine-like dark head, like this bird, and this is perfectly OK and is just part of the normal variation in Barbary. To me this looks like a good Barbary, although I cannot see the details of the barring of breast and flanks, but the overall rich colour of the underparts looks OK for Barbary. Thanks David for sending this interesting bird!ĭick Forsman kindly commented the following about this bird: ![]() Is it an atypical Barbary Falcon with dark head/forehead and large moustaches? Or is it a hybrid between the Barbary and Peregrine (whatever you call them, species or subspecies)? If it’s a hybrid, could it be of natural origin, or one of the parents originated from lost falconers’ birds? (see the article of Rodríguez et al (2011) about the Barbary Falcon plumage variation in the Canary Islands). The identification of this interesting bird is challenging because it presents the characteristics of both Barbary and Peregrine falcons. This falcon was photographed on the cliffs where the Barbary Falcons are known to breed near Rissani, Morocco, in mid-April 2015 by David Walsh. Barbary Falcon with some Peregrine characteristics Below is a discussion about the identification of an interesting falcon observed in Morocco, and an update about the taxonomic status of the Barbary Falcon.
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