Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)

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The Brown Falcon (Falco berigora), a bird of prey known in the common group known as Raptors belonging to exhibits one of the most varied plumages, with six different colour forms, that were previously identified as sub-species, but are now described as different morphs ie rufous, brown intermediate, brown pale, etc.

In Central Australia, we usually see the paler coloured Brown Falcon, the light rufous morph are found mostly inland, unlike those further north, which are often very dark.

Brown Falcon (Falco berigora), Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary NT © Dorothy Latimer — Brown Falcon (*Falco berigora*), Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary NT © Dorothy Latimer

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

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