taita falcon
falco fasciinucha latin

There is a highly localised population of the Taita Falcon.

The Taita Falcon is patchily distributed from eastern and southern Africa.

"A Taita falcon,' Shasa exulted.

Taita Falcon (Falco fasciinucha)

The Taita Falcon (Falco fasciinucha) is a small falcon found in central and eastern Africa.

Taita Falcon - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

The Taita Falcon, Black Eagle, Peregrine Falcon and Augur Buzzard breed there.

The Taita Falcon (Falco fasciinucha) and the Taita Fiscal (Lanius dorsalis) were first discovered at the hills but occur elsewhere too.

Taita Falcon, Southern Banded Snake-Eagle, African Skimmer and Starling's Woodpecker are the bird species found, apart from the rare African Pitta.

Its bird species are the big five birds namely, the African Broadbill, Livingstone's Flycatcher, Yellow-spotted Nicator, Emerald Cuckoo, apart from Angolan Pitta and the Taita Falcon.

Some falcons have the speed and agility to catch swallows and martins in flight, and Pale Crag Martins may be hunted by species such as the Peregrine Falcon, Taita Falcon, African Hobby and wintering Eurasian Hobby.

The tops of the deep gorges below the falls can be reached by road and walking tracks through the park and are good places to see klipspringers, clawless otters and 35 species of raptors such as the Taita Falcon, Black Eagle, Peregrine Falcon and Augur Buzzard, which all breed there.

Taita Falcon (Falco fasciinucha)

The Taita Falcon (Falco fasciinucha) is a small falcon found in central and eastern Africa.

The Taita Falcon (Falco fasciinucha) and the Taita Fiscal (Lanius dorsalis) were first discovered at the hills but occur elsewhere too.