Red-necked Falcon feeding on a Cape Turtle Dove in the Auob Riverbed. The Red-necked Falcon or Red-headed Merlin (Falco chicquera) is a bird of prey i

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Red-necked Falcon feeding on a Cape Turtle Dove in the Auob Riverbed. The Red-necked Falcon or Red-headed Merlin (Falco chicquera) is a bird of prey in the falcon family. This bird is a widespread resident in India and adjacent regions as well as sub-Saharan Africa. Photographed in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park in Southern Africa.

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Photo credit: © TONY CAMACHO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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