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What kind of animal is a falcon?
Falcon is also called falcon, rabbit eagle and kite. Mainly feed on birds and small animals. Widely distributed, common in China and Central Europe, North Africa, northern India and Mongolia. Can be domesticated and used for hunting. National first-class protection of animals.

The weight is 5 10- 1200g, and the body length is 278-779mm. Large light-colored falcon with a thick chest. The back of the neck is white and the top of the head is light brown. The contrast color of the head is less, there are obscure black lines under the eyes, and the eyebrows are white. The upper body is brown and slightly horizontal, in contrast to the dark brown of the wing tip. The tail has a narrow white feather tip. The lower body is white, the narrow wing tip is dark, and the feathers under the wing are covered with black fine lines. Wings are duller and lighter than peregrine falcons. Young birds have dark brown upper body and black longitudinal stripes on lower body.

Characteristics of falcons in alpine plateau. Falcons inhabit low mountains and plains at the foot of mountains. In the wilderness where there is no forest or only a few trees and rocky hills, you can often catch a glimpse of it and fight the heroic spirit in the sky. Falcons mainly feed on small and medium-sized birds, rabbits, mice and other animals. Whenever it finds prey on the ground, it always uses its narrow wings, which can reduce the resistance like a high-speed plane, to fly above the prey, occupy the commanding heights, then fold the wings so that the flying feathers on the wings are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body, and the head shrinks to the shoulders, and rushes at the prey at a speed of 75- 100 meters per second and an angle of 25 degrees. At the moment of approaching the prey, it spread its wings slightly and hit the prey with its hind toes and claws. In addition, it can attack flying tits, larks and other birds in the air like a fighter plane. After catching up with the prey, it will slam with its wings until the prey loses its ability to fly and falls from the air, and then swoops down to capture it.

Falcon is easy to domesticate and is a good hunting tool after domestication. Historically, hunters domesticated falcons. In Arab countries, taming falcons is a symbol of fashion, wealth and status. Therefore, some lawless elements in China illegally capture falcons for smuggling activities, which poses a great threat to this species.