{"id":103909,"date":"2026-05-18T16:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=103909"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:16:10","slug":"red-necked-falcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/red-necked-falcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-Necked Falcon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Red-Necked Falcon Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a rare Red-necked falcon was sighted in Kawal Tiger Reserve.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Red-Necked Falcon<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The red-necked falcon (Falco chicquera ) is a <\/span><b>bird of prey in the falcon family.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has two disjunctive populations, one in <\/span><b>India and the other in Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a medium-sized bird of prey recognised for its distinctive reddish-brown crown and neck, bluish-grey upperparts, <\/span><b>sharp talons, and agile flight.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The species is usually found in <\/span><b>open woodlands, dry deciduous forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, scrublands, and agricultural fields.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution: India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> up to Himalayan foothills and terrai; <\/span><b>Nepal, Pakistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Bangladesh, South of Sahara in <\/span><b>Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Characteristics<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known for its <\/span><b>hunting abilities.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It usually <\/span><b>hunts in pairs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, often at dawn and dusk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are mostly resident but may make nomadic movements in response to weather.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It feeds on small birds, insects, reptiles, and rodents.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Threats:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Habitat degradation, deforestation, pesticide usage, and disturbance in nesting areas are among the major threats.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Conservation Status<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>IUCN: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Near Threatened<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/telanganatoday.com\/rare-red-necked-falcon-sighted-in-kawal-tiger-reserve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red-Necked Falcon (Falco chicquera ) is a bird of prey in the falcon family. Read more about Red-Necked Falcon, Habitat, Distribution, Conservation, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":103924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7599],"class_list":{"0":"post-103909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-red-necked-falcon","9":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103909"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104030,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103909\/revisions\/104030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}