• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic source(s)
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	12,900,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	6.62 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population is declining slightly locally owing to occasional persecution (shooting or trapping) and occasional poisoning of prey or poisoning owing to pesticide use (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001).

Trend justification: The population is declining slightly locally owing to occasional persecution (Shooting or trapping) and occasional poisoning of prey or poisoning owing to pesticide use (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Australia	extant	native		yes
Indonesia	extant	native		yes
Papua New Guinea	extant	native		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Desert	Hot	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Temperate	suitable	resident
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Marine Intertidal	Mud Flats and Salt Flats	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 3000 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brown Falcon Falco berigora. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/brown-falcon-falco-berigora on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.