Meet Zahra! She is a pygmy falcon native to Africa. She was hatched here at the Zoo and has been blind her entire life. This means she requires some special care, including hand feeding from her keepers. Zahra lays unfertilized eggs just like a hen will lay unfertilized eggs even when there is no rooster present. Pygmy falcons eat mainly insects and small reptiles. An easy way to tell a male and female pygmy falcon apart is by the chestnut coloring found only on the female’s back. In the wild, t

African Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) adalah salah satu burung pemangsa terkecil yang panjangnya hanya sekitar 21 cm, mereka biasa bertengger di tiang tinggi atau dahan pohon mati. African Pygmy Falcon merupakan pemburu yang agresif, mereka memakan ular, kadal, hewan pengerat, dan burung. Kakinya cukup kuat untuk menerkam mangsa dan paruhnya mampu merobek daging. Mereka lebih suka berburu pada siang atau sore hari untuk menghindari panasnya siang hari. African Pygmy Falcon memang kecil

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Tanzi the African Pygmy falcon is 9 years old today! Every Morning, Tanzi Greets her caretakers with her very animated ‘song’. Male Pygmy Falcons are all Silver along their backs, but females have a Chocolate brown patch covering their backs. | Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden