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title: "Boomvalk"
description: "Falco subbuteo — Vogels. The Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo), or just hobby, is a small, slim falcon."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/eurasian-hobby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Boomvalk

> Falco subbuteo — Vogels. The Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo), or just hobby, is a small, slim falcon.

- Scientific name: *Falco subbuteo*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 18429
- Wikidata: [Q25876](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25876)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4643](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4643)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Hobby
- de: Baumfalke
- es: Alcotán europeo
- fr: Faucon hobereau
- nl: Boomvalk
- pt: Ógea
- pl: Kobuz

## Countries with the most observations

RU (6326), IT (1266), FR (1004), GB (977), DE (696), UA (502), CN (412), RO (357), KR (315), FI (293), ES (272), KZ (223)

## Summary

The Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo), or just hobby, is a small, slim falcon. It belongs to a group of similar falcons often considered a subgenus of Falco.

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

## Photo

![Boomvalk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-hobby/medium.jpg)

Photo: Иван Елисеев · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57159112

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-hobby?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).