Subspecies in India
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)
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Falco jugger - Laggar Falcon
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This species is uncommon. It inhabits dry open woodlands in India, Iran, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, 1,000m asl (BirdLife International 2016).
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)
According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species is declining, and its current population size is unknown. The threat to its persistence comes from ingestion of pesticides (used for cultivation) (BirdLife International 2016).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
BirdLife International 2016. Falco jugger . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22696492A93568123. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696492A93568123.en. Accessed on 16 February 2020.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Falco jugger J.E. Gray, 1834 – Laggar Falcon. In Satose, V., A. Bayani, V. Ramachandran, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.17. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.birdsofindia.org/falco-jugger, accessed 2024/09/09.