Bird / Falco cherrug
Saker Falcon
High risk of extinction in the wild
Migratory
The saker falcon is a large species of falcon. This species breeds from central Europe eastwards across the Palearctic to Manchuria. It is mainly migratory except in the southernmost parts of its range, wintering in Ethiopia, the Arabian peninsula, northern Pakistan and western China. The Saker falcon is the national bird of Hungary, United Arab Emirates, and Mongolia.
- Range mass
- 730 to 1300 g
- Average length
- 45 cm for males, 55 cm for females cm
- Range wingspan
- 100 to 130 cm
- Average wingspan
- 105 cm for males, 125 cm for females cm
- Breeding interval
- Saker falcons breed once a year.
- Breeding season
- Sakers breed in the springtime. Copulation may occur as often as several times a day for a period of 4 to 8 weeks before any eggs are laid.
- Range eggs per season
- 2 to 6
- Range time to hatching
- 32 to 36 days
- Range fledging age
- 45 to 50 days
- Range time to independence
- 65 to 85 days
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 1 to 4 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 2-3 years
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 2 to 5 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 3-4 years
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 10 (high) years
- Range lifespan
Status: captivity - 25 (high) years
- Typical lifespan
Status: wild - 5 to 7 years
- Typical lifespan
Status: captivity - 15 to 20 years
- Range territory size
- 16.18 to 93.22 km^2
Hekman, V. 2005. "Falco cherrug" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Falco_cherrug/
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