Alice Springs Desert Park

ASDP BirdsAustralian Boobook Owl Australian Bustard Australian Hobby Banded Lapwing Barn Owl Black Kite Black-breasted Buzzard Black-faced Woodswallow Black-fronted Dotterel Bourke’s Parrot Brown Falcon Emu Inland Dotterel Orange Chat Pied Honeyeater Princess Parrot Rainbow Bee-eater Red-capped Robin Spinifex Pigeon Splendid Fairy-wren Tawny Frogmouth Wedge-tailed Eagle Western Bowerbird Whistling Kite White-faced Heron White-winged Fairywren

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The Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis) is a small, dark falcon with reddish rust coloured underparts, dark gray to blackish upperparts, and with long, thin, pointed wings. Darker markings cover the cheek, eye, and crown.

One of the popular raptors on show at the Alice Springs Desert Park Birds of Prey Show.

The raptor prefers to captures their prey whilst airborne, especially other smaller birds such as budgerigars. The Australian Hobby is found over a wide variety of open habitats, including urban areas.

Images © Dorothy L / Images © Ausemade Pty Ltd

Check out our Birds section for more info on the Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis).


  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Aves
  • Order: Falconiformes
  • Family: Falconidae
  • Genus: Falco
  • Species: Falco longipennis

Footnote & References

  1. Australian Hobby, Birdlife Australia, https://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/australian-hobby
  2. Australian Hobby, Birds, Books & Other Stuff, http://www.bushpea.com/bd/pg/all/a/australian%20hobby%2001.html

ASDP BirdsAustralian Boobook Owl Australian Bustard Australian Hobby Banded Lapwing Barn Owl Black Kite Black-breasted Buzzard Black-faced Woodswallow Black-fronted Dotterel Bourke’s Parrot Brown Falcon Emu Inland Dotterel Orange Chat Pied Honeyeater Princess Parrot Rainbow Bee-eater Red-capped Robin Spinifex Pigeon Splendid Fairy-wren Tawny Frogmouth Wedge-tailed Eagle Western Bowerbird Whistling Kite White-faced Heron White-winged Fairywren

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Alice Springs Desert ParkFauna Flora Nature Theatre Nocturnal House