طائر الساف
English translation: Falcon
| 03:01 Jul 15, 2007 |
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| 5 | Falcon |
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| 5 | peregrine falcon |
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| 5 | Sparrowhawk |
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| 5 | Lanner Falcon |
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| 4 | Peregrine Falcon |
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52 mins confidence: 
Falcon Explanation: طائر الساف هو الباز في اللغة العربية. في تونس لنا مهرجان سنوي مشهور يتم في مدينة الهوارية اسمه مهرجان الساف و فيه يتبارى مربو هذا النوع من الطيور على الصيد باستعمال هذا الطائر. تم ترجمة اسم المهرجان الى الأنقليزبة على النحو التالي: Falconry Festival. |
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Peregrine Falcon Explanation: The Peregrine Falcon is the symbol of wilderness. It is of medium size with a grey-blue back and a large light-coloured chest with black stripes. Its head is black with black patches on the cheeks and black eyes. The male is one third smaller than the female. The lower parts of the juvenile are ochre and its black stripes longer than those of the adult. http://pelerin.lpo.fr/espece/espece.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2007-07-15 06:51:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Check also the Wikipedia article I think it matches the definition you gave: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_Falcon |
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peregrine falcon Explanation: The fastest bird in the world lives in Tunisia in the rocky cliffs of the Tunisian mountains. It is the peregrine falcon (falco peregrinus). It has a cruising speed of 110 km/h and can reach 300 km/h when he is diving to its prey. طائر الساف هو اسرع طائر في العالم يعيش في المنحدرات الصخريه للجبال التونسيه وسرعته تصل إلى 100كيلو متر في الساعة ويمكنه الانقضاض على فريسته بسرعه تصل 300 كيلو متر في الساعه |
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Sparrowhawk Explanation: http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200706150375.html I found as a french equivalent of "Essef" épervier which is a sparrowhawk in english However, almawrid dictionary gives as equivalent to sparrowhawk باشق a term quite common in the LEvant I don't know about Egypt The description is similar to that of the falcon Please check this website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/240.shtml |
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17 hrs confidence:
Lanner Falcon Explanation: The falcons of the world are fascinating to many people, both birders and non-birders. They can be found almost anywhere on earth (except Antarctica) and some species coexist well with humans. The sport of falconry (using falcons to hunt gamebirds) goes back many centuries. I suppose the fascination for many is the combination of speed and elegant lines in a lethal predator. I never quite caught this special fascination with falcons although I think they are very impressive and beautiful to observe (but I can say the same for many other types of birds). Perhaps my "most memorable" falcon is the bird at left, a spectacular Lanner Falcon at the tip of the Sinai Peninsula in November 1981 (the Sinai was then Israeli occupied; it is now part of Egypt). It is particularly memorable because although I took this photo, I have no memory of it. A week before I had tumbled from a second-floor balcony and been knocked unconscious; I was apparently air-lifted to a hospital by the army. There is an entire blank week in my memory here, but I took extensively field notes of my birding during the days after I returned. I also took rolls of film. One roll starts with a close-up of a Bar-tailed Godwit, then the next shot is a blur of brown feathers hitting to godwit, and then a series of the falcon carrying it off to be devoured. Some of my best stuff -- and my only recollections are these photos. Its a weird feeling. Reference: http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/falcons.html |
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