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Laggar falcon

Falco jugger J. E. Gray, 1834

NTNear Threatenedbirds of prey

The laggar falcon (Falco jugger) is a species in the family Falconidae, order Falconiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 755 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Laggar falcon (Falco jugger)
Photo: Koshy Koshy · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the laggar falcon

Weight
755 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
88 cm – 1.07 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
30.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.5 – 3.75src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the laggar falcon?

LAGGAR FALCON · WINGSPAN 1.07 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.07 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the laggar falcon is about 63% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the laggar falcon live?

Not recorded

What is the laggar falcon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The laggar falcon (Falco jugger) is a mid-sized bird of prey occurring in the Indian subcontinent from southeastern Iran, southeastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, through India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and northwestern Myanmar. It used to be one of the most common falcons in the region, but numbers have declined so that is probably nowhere a common species anymore. The main threats are the intensification of pesticide use and use as a decoy to trap large falcons.

Fledglings have an almost entirely dark underside, and first-year subadult birds still retain much dark on the belly. Adults are dark overall and have blackish tibiotarsus feathers.

The laggar falcon belongs to a close-knit complex of falcons known as hierofalcons. This group exhibits evidence for rampant hybridization and incomplete lineage sorting which confounds analyses of DNA sequence. The radiation of the hierofalcons has likely taken place in the Eemian interglacial at the start of the Late Pleistocene about 130,000–115,000 years ago. The laggar falcon represents a lineage that arrived at its present range out of eastern Africa by way of the Arabian Peninsula which during that time had a more humid climate than today.

From the Wikipedia article “Laggar falcon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laggar_falcon&oldid=1371305610), 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 laggar falcon endangered?

The laggar falcon is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species.

How is the laggar falcon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderFalconiformes
  5. familyFalconidae
  6. genusFalco
  7. SpeciesFalco jugger J. E. Gray, 1834

Synonyms Falco biarmicus jugger

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • LaggarEnglish
  • صقر لاغارArabic
  • Лагаров соколBulgarian
  • falcó laggarCatalan
  • raroh lagarCzech
  • hebog coronogWelsh
  • LaggarfalkDanish
  • LaggarfalkeGerman
  • Laggar-FalkeGerman
  • LuggerfalkeGerman
  • hindia falkoEsperanto
  • Halcón yággarSpanish
  • india kõnnupistrikEstonian
  • شاهین بلوچیPersian
  • intianjalohaukkaFinnish
  • Faucon laggarFrench
  • Fabhcún lagairIrish
  • indijski sokolCroatian
  • indiai sólyomHungarian
  • Falco laggarItalian
  • Falco luggerItalian
  • ラガーハヤブサJapanese
  • sakalas lagarasLithuanian
  • Indijas piekūnsLatvian
  • लग्गड ससाणाMarathi
  • LaggarvalkDutch
  • Indische LannervalkDutch
  • rajafalkNorwegian
  • raróg indyjskiPolish
  • lágarPortuguese
  • falcão-caçadorPortuguese
  • falcão-lágarPortuguese
  • ЛаггарRussian
  • sokol lagarSlovak
  • Indijski sokoSerbian
  • juggerfalkSwedish
  • Laggar doğanıTurkish
  • Lagger DoğanıTurkish
  • лагарUkrainian
  • 印度猎隼Chinese
  • 印度獵隼Chinese

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Relatives of the laggar 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 laggar falcon?

An adult laggar falcon weighs 755 g and has a wingspan of 88 cm – 1.07 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the laggar falcon endangered?

The laggar falcon is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the laggar falcon?

The laggar falcon (Falco jugger) belongs to the family Falconidae in the order Falconiformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{laggar_falcon_2026,
  title = {Laggar falcon (Falco jugger)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/laggar-falcon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}