Bird species that prey on queleas include the lanner falcon, tawny eagle and marabou stork. Silver gyrfalcons resemble a light grey lanner falcon of larger size. The lanner falcon is a bird of open country and savanna. In Africa and Israel, lanner falcons were observed as hunting bats. It is larger and more heavily built than the related lanner falcon. I and Joseph Lanner performed here. By 1850, he had hired an overseer, 30-year-old David Lanner from Georgia. The village has a primary school, Lanner School. ALTEN Calsoft Labs, Advantech, Brocade, Big Switch Networks, Radisys, Tieto, Wind River, and Lanner. Michael Loam erected his first man engine at Tresavean mine, Lanner, in 1842. The English word "lanner" is believed to come from the Old French "lanier" meaning "cowardly". The name "Lanner" comes from the Cornish ""Lannergh"", which means "a clearing". Lanner has a large Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Lanner RFU are a rugby union club, founded in 2014.