Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) babban katako ne, tsayin jikinsa yakai 47-55 cm, fikafikansa 105-129 cm. Saker Falcons suna da launin ruwan kasa mai launin baya da kuma bambancin fuka-fukan launin toka. Kai da ƙananan jiki launin ruwan kasa ne mai ɗauke da jijiyoyi daga kirji zuwa ƙasa
Tsuntsun yana zaune ne a wani bigire kamar su stepes ko plateaus. A wasu ƙasashe, yana zaune a yankunan noma (misali, Austria, Hungary). Saker Falcon yana cin abincin dabbobi masu shayarwa (misali, squirrels) ko tsuntsaye.
Wurin zama
Saker Falcons suna rayuwa ne daga gabashin Turai (Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey, da sauransu) ta gabas ta hanyar yankin Asiya zuwa Mongolia da China.
Halin tsuntsaye na yanayi
Saker Falcons, wanda ke yin gida a arewacin yankin, suna tashi zuwa ƙasashe masu dumi. Tsuntsaye a cikin yankunan kudu suna rayuwa duk tsawon shekara a yanki ɗaya ko yin ƙaura akan gajeren nisa. Saker Falcons suna rayuwa a lokacin hunturu a cikin yanayi mai yanayi, lokacin da ake farauta, alal misali, a Gabashin Turai. Tsuntsayen da suka manyanta ba sa yin ƙaura sau da yawa tare da isasshen abinci, daga tsakiya da gabashin Turai suna tashi zuwa kudancin Turai, Turkiya, Gabas ta Tsakiya, Arewa da Gabashin Afirka, idan lokacin sanyi ya yi tsanani.
Sake haifuwa a cikin vivo
Kamar kowane falcons, Saker Falcons basa gina wuraren sanya kwai, sai dai suna amfani da gidajen wasu manyan tsuntsaye kamar su hankaka, ungulu ko gaggafa. Suna gida cikin bishiyoyi ko kankara. Kwanan nan, mutane sun yi gidajan roba don Saker Falcons, waɗanda aka ɗora a kan bishiyoyi ko gumaka. A Hungary, kimanin kashi 85% na 183-200 sanannun nau'i-nau'i sun haɗu a cikin gurbi na wucin gadi, kusan rabin su akan bishiyoyi, sauran kuma akan pylons.
Saker falcon kajin a cikin gida
Saker Falcons sun balaga daga shekaru biyu. Cire ƙwai a kudu maso gabashin Turai yana farawa a farkon rabin rabin Maris. Qwai 4 girma ne na kamawa, amma mata wani lokacin sukan sa kwai 3 ko 5. Mafi yawan lokuta, zuriya tana kasancewa ne ta hanyar uwa, namiji yana farautar abinci. Qwai yana shiryawa na kimanin kwanaki 36-38, samarin falcons suna bukatar kimanin kwanaki 48-50 su zama a reshe.
Abin da Saker Falcon ya ci
Saker falcons sune dabbobi masu shayarwa da tsuntsaye masu matsakaici. Babban tushen abinci shine hamsters da squirrels. Idan Saker Falcon yayi farauta akan tsuntsaye, to tattabaru sun zama babban ganima. Wani lokaci mai farautar yakan kama dabbobi masu rarrafe, amphibians har ma da kwari. Saker falcon yana kashe dabbobi masu shayarwa da tsuntsaye a ƙasa ko tsuntsayen da ke kan hanya.
Yawan Saker Falcons a yanayi
Yawan mutanen Turai ya kai 550 nau'i-nau'i. Mafi yawanci Saker Falcons suna zaune a Hungary. Tsuntsaye suna barin wuraren zamansu a cikin tsaunuka saboda yawan farauta, kamar su ɓarnar ƙasa ta Turai, sun ɓace bayan sare bishiyar. Saker Falcons ya koma zuwa ƙauyuka, inda mutane ke yin gida da barin abinci ga tsuntsayen dabbobi.
A Austriya, wannan nau'in ya kusan bacewa a cikin shekaru 70, amma saboda kokarin da masu lura da tsuntsaye suke yi, jama'a na karuwa.
Sauran kasashen da Saker Falcons basa gab da halaka sune Slovakia (30-40), Serbia (40-60), Ukraine (45-80), Turkey (50-70) da Turai ta Rasha (30-60).
A Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Bulgaria, Moldova da Romania, Saker Falcons kusan sun mutu. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, an yi kiwon tsuntsaye a cikin Jamus a cikin ajiyar yanayi. Fadada yawan mutane a gaba arewa da yamma abu ne mai yiwu, saboda karuwar adadin Saker Falcons a Gabashin Turai.
Menene babban barazanar Saker Falcons
- girgiza wutar lantarki yayin zaune akan wayoyi;
- lalata mazauni yana rage nau'ikan ganima (hamsters, gophers, tsuntsaye);
- rashin isa ga dacewar yanar gizo.
Yana daya daga cikin mafi saurin saurin haɗuwa a duniya. Babbar barazanar ita ce (aƙalla a Turai) tarin ƙwai da kaza ba bisa ƙa'ida ba a lokacin kiwo. Ana amfani da tsuntsayen a cikin doki kuma ana siyarwa ga masu hannu da shuni a kasashen larabawa.
