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Oriental Hobby

Falco severus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Bali Barat National Park
1 Verified records at Bali Barat National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Oriental hobby (Falco severus) is a species of falcon typically 27–30 cm long. It can be found locally in the Indo-Gangetic Plain in the north of the Indian subcontinent, across the eastern Himalayas, east across southern China and the Philippines, and southwards through Indochina to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; its distribution is patchy, being absent from Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula, despite occurring both north and south of there. It has been recorded as a vagrant from Malaysia and southern India. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Bali Barat National Park

Peregrine Falcon
LC

Peregrine Falcon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Falco peregrinus

<5% · Rare
Spotted Kestrel
LC

Spotted Kestrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Falco moluccensis

<5% · Rare
Black-thighed Falconet
LC

Black-thighed Falconet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Microhierax fringillarius

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Oriental Hobby at Bali Barat National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
2 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
3 Lorentz National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
5–10%
4 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
5 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
6 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
7 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
8 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
9 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
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