Data Sheet Info

Eurasian Hobby, Falco subbuteo, is a species of day-flying bird of prey found in cropland, wetland and woodland and forest ecosystems.

Falco subbuteo has a breeding population size of 41300-59900 pairs and a breeding range size of 2950000 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Uncertain in the short term and Uncertain in the long term.

The EU population status of Falco subbuteo was assessed as Secure, because the species does not meet any of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened or Near Threatened, or the criteria for Depleted or Declining (the EU27 population or range has not declined by 20% or more since 1980).