Brown Falcon
Falco berigora
Birdsville, NE SA IMG_8047 20180630 - berigora old adult female
Notes: Ssp berigora large head, long legs, short trousers.
Malar stripe on face & behind eye.
Underwing, undertail always pale & strongly
barred rufous. Most birds (not the darkest) show
strong spotting &
barring on upperparts & flanks. Old adult w. yellow orbital skin. Old female
whitish under; breast-band of brown speckles. Old male entirely whitish
under. Cf darkest morph
w.
Black Falcon. Flies w. rowing action. Ssp novaeguineae small, rufous or
dark: coastal N Aust.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©
Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic IMG_6578 20210923 - berigora pale adult in fresh plumage. CLICK for similar on 20190430.
Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic IMG_0148 20211210 - berigora rufous form adult in flight. CLICK for another pic.
Walkers Crossing Track, NE SA IMG_9883 20170602 - berigora dark form & old adult
N of Pine Creek, N NT IMG_2279 20180722 - berigora dark form
Simpson Desert Crossing, NE SA IMG_8446 20180704 - berigora rufous form, old adult
Nifold Plain, Lakefield NP, FNE Qld IMG_1600 20220901 - berigora CLICK for another pic.
Karumba Point, FN Qld IMG_5621 20200620 - novaeguineae. CLICK to see this one fighting w. larger dark form (berigora?).
Garig, Gunak Barlu NP, Coburg Peninsula NE NT IMG_9615 20160803 - novaeguineae pale adult.
Gibb River Road, NW WA IMG_9928 20180827 - berigora juvenile rufous form
Rupanyup, W Vic MVI_3568 20190518 - berigoradark form
Breakaways, EC SA MVI_7857 20160616 - berigora adult
Gawler Ranges NP, SC SA MVI_4378 20181127 - berigora rufous form, adult