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Amur falcon

Falco amurensis Radde, 1863

LCLeast Concernbirds of prey

The amur falcon (Falco amurensis) is a species in the family Falconidae, order Falconiformes. Recorded adults weigh 125 g to 150 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Amur falcon (Falco amurensis)
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the amur falcon

Weight
125 g – 150 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
63 cm – 76 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.5 – 4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the amur falcon?

AMUR FALCON · WINGSPAN 76 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 76 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the amur falcon is about 45% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the amur falcon live?

Not recorded

What is the amur falcon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Amur falcon (Falco amurensis) is a small raptor of the falcon family. It breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China before migrating in large flocks across India and over the Arabian Sea to winter in Southern and East African coasts.

From the Wikipedia article “Amur falcon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amur_falcon&oldid=1379271534), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the amur falcon endangered?

The amur falcon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the amur falcon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderFalconiformes
  5. familyFalconidae
  6. genusFalco
  7. SpeciesFalco amurensis Radde, 1863

Synonyms Falco raddei, Falco vespertinus amurensis

Other names and names in other languages (57)
  • AMFAEnglish
  • Eastern red-footed falconEnglish
  • Eastern red-footed falconEnglish
  • Eastern red-footed kestrelEnglish
  • Oostelike RooipootvalkAfrikaans
  • Oostelike Rooipootvalk (Amurvalk)Afrikaans
  • صقر عموريةArabic
  • صقر أحمر القدم الشرقيArabic
  • Amur qızılquşuAzerbaijani
  • Амурска ветрушкаBulgarian
  • falcó de l'AmurCatalan
  • poštolka amurskáCzech
  • cudyll troedgoch AmurWelsh
  • AmurfalkDanish
  • AmurfalkeGerman
  • AbendfalkeGerman
  • Amur-FalkeGerman
  • Ασιατικό ΜαυροκιρκίνεζοGreek
  • amura falkoEsperanto
  • Cernícalo de AmurSpanish
  • Cernícalo del AmurSpanish
  • ida-punajalgpistrikEstonian
  • شاهین آمورPersian
  • amurinhaukkaFinnish
  • Faucon de l'AmourFrench
  • Faucon de l’AmourFrench
  • Fabhcún cosdearg oirthearachIrish
  • Lagarteiro do AmurGalician
  • בז אמורHebrew
  • amurska vjetrušaCroatian
  • amuri vércseHungarian
  • Falco dell'AmurItalian
  • アカアシチョウゲンボウJapanese
  • 비둘기조롱이Korean
  • amūrinis sakalasLithuanian
  • Amūras piekūnsLatvian
  • ചെങ്കാലൻ പുള്ള്Malayalam
  • अमूर बाजMarathi
  • AmoerroodpootvalkDutch
  • kobczyk amurskiPolish
  • امر فالکنWestern Panjabi
  • falcão-do-amurPortuguese
  • Falcão-de-pés-vermelhos-orientalPortuguese
  • Амурский кобчикRussian
  • sokol amurskýSlovak
  • amurski sokolSlovenian
  • Amurska vetruškaSerbian
  • Kozi wa AmurSwahili
  • เหยี่ยวตีนแดงThai
  • Amur DoğanıTurkish
  • кібчик амурськийUkrainian
  • Cắt AmurVietnamese
  • 红脚隼Chinese
  • 紅腳隼Chinese
  • 紅腳隼〔阿穆爾隼〕Chinese
  • 阿穆尔隼Chinese
  • 阿穆爾隼Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the amur falcon

Other species in the same genus Falco.

LC, Least Concern
Merlin (Falco columbarius)

Merlin

Falco columbarius

Falconidae

LC, Least Concern
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

Gyrfalcon

Falco rusticolus

Falconidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the amur falcon?

An adult amur falcon weighs 125 g – 150 g and has a wingspan of 63 cm – 76 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the amur falcon endangered?

The amur falcon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the amur falcon?

The amur falcon (Falco amurensis) belongs to the family Falconidae in the order Falconiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{amur_falcon_2026,
  title = {Amur falcon (Falco amurensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/amur-falcon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}