The saker falcon is physically adapted to hunting close to the ground in open terrain, combining rapid acceleration with high manoeuvrability, thus specialising on mid-sized diurnal terrestrial rodents, especially ground squirrels Spermophilus of open grassy landscapes such as desert edge, semi-desert, steppes, agricultural and arid montane areas. ("The IUCN red list of threatened species", 2021)
country: Arabiyyatt al Suudiyyatt
year: 1969
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