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title: "Brown Falcon"
description: "Falco berigora — Uccelli. The brown falcon (Falco berigora) is a relatively large falcon native to Australia and New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brown-falcon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Falcon

> Falco berigora — Uccelli. The brown falcon (Falco berigora) is a relatively large falcon native to Australia and New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Falco berigora*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 6834
- Wikidata: [Q605547](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605547)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4680](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4680)

## Names

- en: Brown Falcon
- de: Habichtfalke
- es: Halcón pardo
- fr: Faucon bérigora
- nl: Grote bruine valk
- pt: Falcão-marrom
- pl: Sokół brunatny

## Countries with the most observations

AU (6638), PG (8), ID (6)

## Summary

The brown falcon (Falco berigora) is a relatively large falcon native to Australia and New Guinea.
A number of plumage morphs occur, with the primary distinction being between the pale morph and the dark morph. Both morphs usually have dark brown upper parts and wing coverts. Dark morph birds have predominantly dark under parts, although some light streaking is common. Pale morph birds have white underparts that are varyingly streaked with brown, sometimes heavily so. Pale individuals may also have prominently white under tail coverts and these may be diagnostic. A distinctive aspect of their behaviour is shown in…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_falcon

## Photo

![Brown Falcon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-falcon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cowirrie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180732510

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-falcon?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).