Lesser Kestrel

It is a small bird of prey, 27–33 cm in length with a 63–72 cm wingspan. It looks very much like the larger Common Kestrel but has proportionally shorter wings and tail. It shares a brown back and barred grey underparts with the larger species. The male has a grey head and tail like male Common Kestrels, but lacks the dark spotting on the back, the black malar stripe, and has grey patches in the wings.

The Lesser Kestrel is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) is a small falcon. This species breeds from the Mediterranean across southern central Asia to China and Mongolia. It is a summer migrant, wintering in Africa and Pakistan and sometimes even to India. It is rare north of its breeding range, and declining in its European range. The scientific name of this bird commemorates the German naturalist Johann Andreas Naumann. More

Lesser Kestrel & Distribution MapThe Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) is a small falcon. The scientific name of this bird commemorates the German naturalist Johann Andreas Naumann. Distribution / Range This species breeds from the Mediterranean across southern central Asia to China and Bangladesh. It is a summer migrant, wintering in Africa and Pakistan. It is rare north of its breeding range, and declining in its European range. More

Videos and images Male lesser kestrel on perch The lesser kestrel is a small kestrel with long pointed wings and a long tail marked with a black band at the end. Males and females are distinguishable by colouring. Males have a pale brown back and blue-grey feathers on the crown, rump, neck and ... More

of Europe, the Lesser Kestrel occurs in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia incl. northern Mongolia, southwestern Siberia and northeastern China . The Lesser Kestrel was a breeding species in the southern and eastern parts of Central Europa, but is now extinct as a breeding species in Central Europa and only seen as a rare visitor . Migration - Mostly a migratory species. More

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English European Lesser Kestrel French Faucon crécerellette German Rötelfalke Spanish Cernícalo Primilla Swedish Rödfalk Dutch Kleine Torenvalk Italian Grillaio World: Widespread across much of the Southern Palearctic region. Range extends from southern Europe and most of the Mediterranean region, E through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and southern Russia, also Mongolia and China. In Africa its range extends from the NW down to S Africa. Also present in S Asia and Indochina. Kenya: Migrant October to May. More

Male lesser kestrel on perch Male lesser kestrel on perchPrint factsheet Facts - French: Faucon Crécerellette Spanish: Cernícalo Primilla Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Falconiformes Family Falconidae Genus More

Lesser Kestrel, Scilly, St Mary's Golf Course 18/5/02 © Paul Ellis Lesser Kestrel - Lesser Kestrel, Scilly, St Mary's Golf Course 18/5/02 © Paul Ellis Lesser Kestrel - Lesser Kestrel, Scilly, St Mary's Golf Course 17/5/02 © Marcus Lawson Lesser Kestrel - Lesser Kestrel, Scilly, St Mary's Golf Course 17/5/02 © Marcus Lawson Lesser Kestrel - Lesser Kestrel, Scilly, St Mary's 18th May More

Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni), a falcon resembling Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), the commonest falcon in Greece and Europe, is included in the list of the world threatened species. Inhabitants of some villages of Thessaly, Tripolis, Ioannina and Galaxidi may not believe this. They all agree, however, that its population has declined seriously during the last decades. In addition, it has been exterminated from many other villages, as well as from many European countries. More

* Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni, found in southern Europe, India, and most of Africa except for the Sahara and equatorial forest areas African gray kestrels (a more distant group) * Grey Kestrel, Falco ardosiaceus, found in Central to Southern Africa * Dickinson's Kestrel, Falco dickinsoni, found in Eastern to Southern Africa * Banded Kestrel, Falco zoniventris, More

Surveys for Lesser Kestrels in Namibian grasslands should be undertaken and any roost sites catalogued and monitored for the number of roosting birds from November - March. All such records should be contributed to the ongoing Migrating Kestrel project (see www.kestreling.com). Significant roosting or foraging sites should be monitored for pesticide spraying or habitat alteration and landowners alerted to the importance of their land for this species. More

The Lesser Kestrel feeds on insects, beetles, grasshoppers, etc., as also on small reptiles, and, though but rarely, on small birds. It builds among old ruins, or in the crevices of mountain rocks. The eggs are said to be three or four in number, of a reddish white ground-colour, with a great number of little points and spots of a brick-dust red, commingled together and mixed with other small brown spots. There are several varieties of them. More

The lesser kestrel (“falco naumanni”) is a bird of prey belonging to the group of falcons which has been very closed to men for a long time. If you have the chance to travel through south Italy in the area between Puglia and Basilicata well know for its stones and rocky churches, among tuff quarries and wide plateaux, you might spot some strange swifts up in the sky. More

sees Lesser Kestrels can post their sightings to this web site, on a list server or send an email to me. Thus, as they arrive and move down Africa, so their movements would be recorded. Should we suddenly see kestrels pop up all over the country at the same time, then we could assume that their migration is fast and in a broad front, which is a lot more than what we know at present. More

novembre 2007 — Footage of a rare Lesser Kestrel seen at Ljungen in Falsterbo, Sweden, on 4 October 2007.Catégorie : Animaux Tags :bird wildlife Chargement… J'aime Enregistrer dans Partager E-mail Skyrock Facebook Twitter MySpace Live Spaces Blogger orkut Buzz reddit Digg Chargement… Connectez-vous ou inscrivez-vous dès maintenant ! L'ajout de commentaires a été désactivé pour cette vidéo. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, Lesser Kestrel is classed as Mega: species which have not yet occurred in the British Isles or are exceedingly rare, or are otherwise highly desirable. More