Eurasian hobby

It is a migratory, aerial invertivore of woodland habitat, placed at the carnivore trophic level, with a geographic range of 28,260,000 km². It lays 3 eggs per clutch, one clutch per year, incubated for 29.5 days, and its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern, not a threatened category.

Weight

181.5 g – 240.5 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

74 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

10.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

14.1 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

woodlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

29.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

3src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 months – 17.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Aerialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The Eurasian 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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderFalconiformes
5. familyFalconidae
6. genusFalco
7. SpeciesFalco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Falco barletta, Falco dendrofalco, Falco hirundinum, Hierax subbuteo

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

Falconidae

LC, Least Concern

Common kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Falconidae

LC, Least Concern

Merlin

Falco columbarius

Falconidae

LC, Least Concern

Gyrfalcon

Falco rusticolus

Falconidae

VU, Vulnerable

Red-footed falcon

Falco vespertinus

Falconidae

LC, Least Concern

Lesser kestrel

Falco naumanni

Falconidae

CompareEurasian hobby vs Peregrine falconEurasian hobby vs Common kestrelEurasian hobby vs MerlinEurasian hobby vs Gyrfalcon

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@misc{eurasian_hobby_2026,
  title = {Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eurasian-hobby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}