Saker falcon in flight during the Salburun falconry competitions on the World Nomad Games 2018. Saker falcons have brown upperbellies and contrastin

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Saker falcon in flight during the Salburun falconry competitions on the World Nomad Games 2018. Saker falcons have brown upperbellies and contrasting grey flight feathers. The head and underparts are paler brown, with streaking from the breast down. Males (called sakrets in falconry) and females are similar, as are young birds, although these tend to be a duller brown. The call is a sharp kiy-ee. Adults can be distinguished from the similar lanner falcon since the lanner is blue-grey above with a reddish back to the head.

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Photo credit: © Henri Martin / Alamy / Afripics
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