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Australian hobby

Falco longipennis Swainson, 1838

LCLeast Concernbirds of prey

The Australian hobby (Falco longipennis) is a species in the family Falconidae, order Falconiformes. Recorded adults weigh 210 g to 287.5 g and live up to 10.5 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Australian hobby (Falco longipennis)
Photo: Aviceda · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the Australian hobby

Weight
210 g – 287.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
66 cm – 87 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
10.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.8src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the Australian hobby?

AUSTRALIAN HOBBY · WINGSPAN 87 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 87 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the Australian hobby is about 51% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the Australian hobby live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The Australian hobby is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the Australian hobby?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Australian hobby (Falco longipennis), also known as the little falcon, is one of six Australian members of the family Falconidae. This predominantly diurnal bird of prey derives its name 'longipennis' from its long primary wing feathers. It occurs throughout Australia and other neighbouring countries with migrating individuals found on the islands of Indonesia and New Guinea.

From the Wikipedia article “Australian hobby” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_hobby&oldid=1364086970), 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 Australian hobby endangered?

The Australian hobby 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. What the categories mean.

How is the Australian hobby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderFalconiformes
  5. familyFalconidae
  6. genusFalco
  7. SpeciesFalco longipennis Swainson, 1838
Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Australian hobby or little falconEnglish
  • شاهين أستراليArabic
  • falcó mostatxut australiàCatalan
  • ostříž australskýCzech
  • Australsk LærkefalkDanish
  • AustralbaumfalkeGerman
  • Australischer BaumfalkeGerman
  • Αυστραλιανό ΔενδρογέρακοGreek
  • longflugila falkoEsperanto
  • Halcón PequeñoSpanish
  • Alcotán australianoSpanish
  • austraalia lõopistrikEstonian
  • australiannuolihaukkaFinnish
  • Petit FauconFrench
  • australski sokolCroatian
  • ausztrál kabasólyomHungarian
  • Alap-alap australiaIndonesian
  • Lodolaio australianoItalian
  • オーストラリアチゴハヤブサJapanese
  • australinis sketsakalisLithuanian
  • Australische BoomvalkDutch
  • eukalyptusfalkNorwegian
  • sokół australijskiPolish
  • ógea-australianaPortuguese
  • Австралийский чеглокRussian
  • sokol dlhokrídlySlovak
  • Australijski lastavičarSerbian
  • australisk lärkfalkSwedish
  • Küçük doğanTurkish
  • Avustralya Delice DoğanıTurkish
  • підсоколик австралійськийUkrainian
  • 姬隼Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the Australian hobby

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

CompareAustralian hobby vs Peregrine falconAustralian hobby vs Common kestrelAustralian hobby vs Eurasian hobbyAustralian hobby vs Merlin

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the Australian hobby?

An adult Australian hobby weighs 210 g – 287.5 g and has a wingspan of 66 cm – 87 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the Australian hobby live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the Australian hobby for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the Australian hobby endangered?

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

How long does the Australian hobby live?

The Australian hobby has a recorded lifespan of 10.5 years.

What kind of animal is the Australian hobby?

The Australian hobby (Falco longipennis) belongs to the family Falconidae in the order Falconiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Australian hobby (Falco longipennis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-hobby

MLA

“Australian hobby (Falco longipennis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-hobby.

BibTeX
@misc{australian_hobby_2026,
  title = {Australian hobby (Falco longipennis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-hobby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}