| NOUN | a Lanner falcon | Lanner falcons |
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- ... g. Lanner Falcon, Grey-headed Bunting, Isabelline Wheatear, and others).
- The species has been recorded as being preyed on by the black sparrowhawk ("Accipiter melanoleuca"), the tawny eagle ("Aquila rapax"), the Cape eagle-owl ("Bubo capensis"), the lanner falcon ("Falco biarmicus") and the peregrine falcon ("Falco peregrinus").
- The word perilanner is a falconer's term for a hybrid between a peregrine falcon and a lanner falcon.
- The school's motto is "Sic itur ad astra" and the school badge is a representation of a Lanner Falcon designed by the wife of a former Headmaster.
- The lanner falcon ("Falco biarmicus") is a medium-sized bird of prey that breeds in Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia.
- Feldegg had a number of birds named after him, including a subspecies of the Lanner falcon "Falco biarmicus feldeggi" and the black-headed wagtail, "Motacilla flava feldegg", the Balkan and Black Sea sub-species of the yellow wagtail.
- More common than the peregrine and similar in appearance is the lanner falcon.
- In contrast, the lanner falcon hunts in open country taking birds by horizontal pursuit.
- The reserve's main attraction is its wealth of birdlife. A trail is provided for bird-watching. Bird species include lanner falcon, egyptian goose, pied kingfisher and white-faced whistling duck.
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