Laggar Falcon

When to see the Laggar Falcon

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Laggar Falcon

The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Nepal, Italy.

About the Laggar Falcon

The laggar falcon, also known as the lugger falcon or jugger, is a mid-sized bird of prey which occurs in the Indian subcontinent from extreme southeastern Iran, southeastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, through India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and northwestern Myanmar.

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Easily confused with

African HobbyFalco cuvieriiA small, slim falcon with blackish upperparts and deep rufous underparts with rufous cheek, nape and throat. Dickinson's KestrelFalco dickinsoniIt is a fairly small, stocky kestrel with a large, square head. Spotted KestrelFalco moluccensisSpotted kestrels measure 26–32 cm (10–12.5 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 59–71 cm (23–28 in).