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Fig 1 :
Oriental Hobby
Falco severus
Location : Kaeng Krachan district, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Habitat : Open country
Note : Photo by Charles Currin

Fig 2 :
Eurasian Hobby - juvenile
Falco subbuteo
Location : Hampshire, England
Habitat : Open country, lake edge
Notes : This is the subspecies F. s. subbuteo which also occurs in northern parts of Southeast Asia as a non-breeding vistor, and further south as a vagrant.

Fig 3 :
Eurasian Kestrel - female
Falco tinnunculus
Location : Suffolk, England
Habitat : Coastal sand dunes
Notes : This is the subspecies F. t. tinnunculus. The subspecies which occurs in Southeast Asia is F. t. interstinctus.

Fig 4 :
Eurasian Kestrel - female
Falco tinnunculus
Location : Dorset, England
Habitat : Coastal grassland
Notes : This is the subspecies F. t. tinnunculus. The subspecies which occurs in Southeast Asia is F. t. interstinctus.

Fig 5 :
Black-thighed Falconet
Microhierax fringillarius
Location : Taiping, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Parkland with scattered trees

Fig 6 :
Black-thighed Falconet
Microhierax fringillarius
Location : Taiping, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Parkland with scattered trees

Fig 7 :
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Location : Pulau Pinang, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Urban - perched atop a 35-storey building