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Falco novaeseelandiae
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New Zealand Falcon, Karearea
Small bird of prey which attacks other birds in open country.

Contents

  1. Identification
  2. Conservation status
  3. Distribution
  4. Breeding
  5. Scientific classification
  6. See also
  7. External links
  8. Further reading
  9. Information provided by
Identification (Edit)

Carex Secta

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Description
Male: 43 cm, 300 g., female: 47 cm., 500g., black above, buff barred and streaked below, ½ size of a harrier, rapid, piercing Kek-Kek-Kek call, rapd flight pattern.
Type
 Raptor
Length
 10cm
Wingspan
 10cm
Habitat
 Forests and bush patches, open tussockland of South I. Juveniles wander to cities, orchards, riverbeds and offshore islands.
Characteristics
 They are fiercely territorial in the breeding season and make repeated dive attacks on people near the nest.
Call
 Short Call
Long Call
Food
 Other birds
Breeding
Most established pairs remain on territory all year. The nest is a simple scrape on a sheltered cliff ledge, on a slip face, under a rock overhang or a fallen log, or high in a tree. Sep-Feb

Conservation Status (edit)

DoC Threat Classification
   Non Threatened
OSNZ Status

Endemic – breeds only in New Zealand territories

Distribution (edit)

New Zealand only. In the North Island, they breed from northern Taranaki to Whakatane. In the South Island, they breed from eastern side of the Southern Alps from Marlborough to Southland, and from northwestern Nelson, the Southern Alps, West Coast and Fiordland.

Distribution map

OSNZ
 Oceanic, outer islands, Antarctica
Ecological Regions
 03 TE PAKI
04 AUPOURI
05 WESTERN NORTHLAND
etc
Islands

North Island
South Island
Rakiura - Stewart Island
Chatham Island

Scientific classification (edit)

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Falconiformes
Family
 Falconidae
Genera
 Falco

 

Scientific name
Falco novaeseelandiae
Maori name
Karearea
English name
New Zealand Falcon, Sparrow hawk, quail hawk, bush falcon, bush hawk.
Synonyms
 Carex virgata var. secta (Boott) Hook.f.
C. paniculata var. secta (Boott) Cheeseman
C. appressa var. secta (Boott) Kük.

See also (edit)

  • Falcons

External links (edit)

  • www.osnz.org.nz
  • www.whatbird.org.nz
  • www.nzbirds.com

Further reading (edit)

  • Wood & Waste, 1927.
  • Peat, Neville, The Falcon and the Lark, 1947.
  • Oliver, W.R.B., New Zealand Birds, 1955.

Information provided by (edit)

Joe Bloggs, Sally Yi

Keyword (edit)
 Falco novaeseelandiaea

Last updated 2 December 2007 3.41PM by PIPI