Eleonoran.
/ɛlɪəˈnɔːrə/ Ornithology.
Eleonora falcon n. (also Eleonora's falcon) a brown or slate falcon, Falco eleonoræ, similar to but larger than the hobby, which occurs as a dark and a light morph on islands and cliffs in the Mediterranean area.Named by G. Gené 1840, in Mem. della R. Accad. delle Sci. di Torino II. 41. Gené proposed, by suggesting the name Falco Eleonoræ, to commemorate the protection given to nesting hawks and falcons by the code of laws promulgated by Eleonora (c1350–1404), a princess of Sardinia, in 1392.
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1859 Ibis 1 87 We regret that our author has not given figures of the Eleonora Falcon..in the extremes of both plumages.
1859 Ibis 1 189 Hypotriorchis eleonoræ (Eleonora's falcon).
1895 L. H. L. Irby Ornith. Straits Gibraltar (ed. 2) 193 The Eleonora Falcon..occurs at Mogador, and used to breed there.
1963 D. A. Bannerman Birds Atlantic Islands I. 63 Besides being a summer visitor to the Canaries, Eleonora's falcon may be a bird of passage.
1963 D. A. Bannerman Birds Atlantic Islands I. 65 The Eleonora falcon is usually a very late breeder.
1977 Times 18 Aug. 14/5 A slate-black falcon..was agreed to have all the field-clues of the dark phase of Eleanora's falcon, one of Europe's rarest predators.
1984 Birds Summer 46/2 The inaccessibility of many colonies is in itself ample protection for most Eleonora's falcons.
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