Falcons in Tanzania
Our list for Tanzania has 5 falcons recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 1 summer visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tanzania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusResidentUncommon19–20 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- African Pygmy-falcon 19–20 cm
- Hobby 28–35 cm
- Kestrel 32–39 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Lanner Falcon 43–50 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made