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[Falcons] Saker Falcon?

I can't see why this is not just a juvenile calidus Peregrine.  Certainly the size difference could easily be explained if this was calidus (especially if this was a female) and the male mobbing it was a local breeding bird.  In addition, I think Saker typically shows contrastingly darker underwing coverts and primary tips which this bird lacks.

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