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Falco subbuteo subbuteo 

Linguistics
Actual scientific name :   Falco subbuteo subbuteo 
     
Old scientific name :   Falco subbuteo subbuteo 
     
French name :   Faucon hobereau
     
English name :   Hobby Falcon; European Hobby
     
Vernacular name :  
Kabemba (Kiluba) ; Kabembe (Tshiluba); Ka-bemba (Kitabwa); Kakoji (Kitshok)
 
 

Zoology
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Description :   This European migratory bird differs from its African cousin by its white cheeks and chin and by its streaked breast. In flight, the shape of its wings can take a bending that makes it look like a swift. 
     
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Diet :   Sometimes chase swifts or swallows but its diet is usually composed of flying insects. Actually, it is to follow those insects' hatchings that its journey back to Europe takes place more on the East than its journey to South Africa.  
     
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Distribution in Katanga :   view map  
 
 
History, Ethnology, Sociology
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Legends, believes, folklore :   In the Tshokwe divination basket: Kakoji the falcon. Its claws protect against sorcerers.  
     
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Warning :

This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.

The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.

We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.



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