Saker falcon

Falco cherrug

The Saker falcon (Falco cherrug) is a bird found in Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, and 4 more countries. Open grasslands and steppe from Hungary to Mongolia and China. It eats small mammals and birds and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Falco cherrug
Region	Asia
Found in	Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, and 4 more countries

🏡 Where the Saker falcon lives

Open grasslands and steppe from Hungary to Mongolia and China.

🍽️ What it eats

🐭 Mammals & birds90%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 People have trained sakers for hunting for hundreds of years.

Hear the Saker falcon

Recorded by Stanislas Wroza (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC765284. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Saker falcon

Where does the Saker falcon live?

The Saker falcon lives in Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, and 4 more countries. Open grasslands and steppe from Hungary to Mongolia and China.

What does the Saker falcon eat?

small mammals and birds (about 90%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Saker falcon endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.