English: Amur Falcon, Eastern
red-footed Falcon, Manchurian FalconBody Length: 26-30 cm
Russian: Амурский кобчик
French: Faucon de’l
Mongolian: Амарын шонхор
Japanese: アカアシチョウゲンボウ (Akaashi-chogenbo)
Wing span: 63-71 cm
Breeding season: June-August
Egg number: 2-6 (occasionally 7)
Egg colour: White or pale buffish with
reddish brown blotches and spots.
Brood: 1 per year
Global Status: Least concern
Regional Status: Least Concern
Food: Voles, lizards, crickets and young
fledglings of passerines.
Habitat: Breeding pairs nest in desert and
newly built nests of Magpies, Carrion Crows, Daurian Jackdaws, and occasionally
Black Kites and Up-land Buzzards in willow, pine, larch, poplar, elm and birch
trees in forests, forest steppe, forested river
valleys and patched forests in the steppe. On migration, it occurs in
open steppe areas and valleys of river and lakes.