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Showing posts with label LESSER KESTREL (Falco naumanni). Show all posts
Showing posts with label LESSER KESTREL (Falco naumanni). Show all posts
Friday, 3 April 2020
Tuesday, 1 January 2019
Saturday, 6 May 2017
5-5-2017 CARMONA, ANDALUCIA - LESSER KESTREL (Falco naumanni)
It is a small bird of prey, 27–33 cm (11–13 in) in length with a 63–72 cm (25–28 in) 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 female and young birds are slightly paler than their relative, but are so similar that call and structure are better guides than plumage. The call is a diagnostic harsh chay-chay-chay, unlike the common kestrel's kee-kee-kee. Neither sex has dark talons as is usual in falcons; those of this species are a peculiar whitish-horn color. This, however, is only conspicuous when birds are seen at very close range, e.g. in captivity.
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