FACT BOX
July 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SAKER FALCON
*Elegant flyers with 110cm wingspan, sandy-brown upper-feathers, and whitish below, with dark streaks.
*2003 wild population estimated at 3,600-4,400 pairs, a 48-70% decline from 1990, nesting from Hungary to western China.
*Steepest falls from 1990 in Kazakhstan - 90%, Uzbekistan - 90%, Russia - 69%, Kyrgyzstan - 68% and Mongolia - 59%.
SAKER FALCON
*Elegant flyers with 110cm wingspan, sandy-brown upper-feathers, and whitish below, with dark streaks.
*2003 wild population estimated at 3,600-4,400 pairs, a 48-70% decline from 1990, nesting from Hungary to western China.
*Steepest falls from 1990 in Kazakhstan - 90%, Uzbekistan - 90%, Russia - 69%, Kyrgyzstan - 68% and Mongolia - 59%.
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