Über die Federmerkmale der mongolischen Sakerfalken Falco cherrug milvipes im Vergleich zu den westlichen Sakerfalken der Unterart F. ch. cherrug und Bemerkungen über die Gefiedermerkmale des “Altaifalken”

• Main Author: Busching, Wolf-Dieter
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2005
• Subjects: Sakerfalke; Falco cherrug milvipes; Falco cherrug cherrug; Gefiedermerkmale; Taxonomie; Animal Sciences; Asian Studies; Biodiversity; Desert Ecology; Environmental Sciences; Geography; Nature and Society Relations; Ornithology; Other Animal Sciences; Poultry or Avian Science; Zoology; Juv; Falco rusticolus
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biolmongol/137; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/biolmongol/article/1136/viewcontent/Erforschung_band_9_05_0266_Mongolei_p281_310.pdf

The different plumage characteristics of the Mongolian Saker Falco cherrug milvipes and the nominate race F. ch. cherrug are discussed. It could be shown that both races are polymorphic. According to Baumgart (1997), Sakers don’t need uniform plumages because they live on nearly blind voles. Due to...