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 Translation for 'Lanner' from English to French
NOUN   a lanner | lanners
orn.T
faucon {m} lanier [Falco biarmicus]
lanner (falcon)
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Translation for 'Lanner' from English to French

lanner (falcon)
faucon {m} lanier [Falco biarmicus]orn.T
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Usage Examples English
  • site encompassing the city of Jericho and its immediate surrounds has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports populations of black francolins, lanner falcons, lesser kestrels and Dead Sea sparrows.
  • There is an abundance of birds including raptors such as the black eagle and lanner falcon - after which the gorge is named.
  • 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.
  • A 7,000 ha tract of the mountains has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a population of lanner falcons.

  • 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.
  • The saker falcon is a large hierofalcon, larger than the lanner falcon and almost as large as gyrfalcon at [...] length with a wingspan of [...].
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