Australian Hobby
Scientific name: Falco longipennis
Falco is Latin for falcon. Longipennis is from the Latin words longus, meaning long, and penna, meaning feather.
Wowo (wore’awe).
Widespread across Australia.
Up to 36 centimetres long with a 90 centimetre wingspan.
The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 959 km. The oldest bird recorded was recovered 6 years 8 months after being banded (information as at 14 June 2012).
The photographs for this species were not taken in the reserves of interest to the FQPB.
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.
What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978
Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf
Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html
Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/70a29d57-3aea-43e3-b675-98c01960979d