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Eleonora, n. Ornith.|ɛlɪəˈnɔːrə|
Also Eleanora.
The name of Eleonora of Arborea (see below), used in the possessive and attrib. to designate a brown or slate falcon, Falco eleonoræ, similar to but larger than the hobby, which occurs as a dark and a light morph on islands and cliffs in the Mediterranean area.
Named by G. Gené 1840, in Mem. della R. Accad. delle Sci. di Torino II. 41. Gené proposed, by suggesting the name Falco Eleonoræ, to commemorate the protection given to nesting hawks and falcons by the code of laws promulgated by Eleonora (c 1350–1404), a princess of Sardinia, in 1392.
1859Ibis I. 87 We regret that our author has not given figures of the Eleonora Falcon..in the extremes of both plumages. Ibid. 189 Hypotriorchis eleonoræ (Eleonora's falcon). 1895L. H. L. Irby Ornith. Straits Gibraltar (ed. 2) 193 The Eleonora Falcon..occurs at Mogador, and used to breed there. 1963D. A. Bannerman Birds Atlantic Islands I. 63 Besides being a summer visitor to the Canaries, Eleonora's falcon may be a bird of passage. Ibid. 65 The Eleonora falcon is usually a very late breeder. 1977Eleanora's falcon [see phase n. 2 b]. 1984Birds Summer 46/2 The inaccessibility of many colonies is in itself ample protection for most Eleonora's falcons. |