Adult male © Simon Colenutt eBird S68962385 Macaulay Library ML 234114551
Female © Paulo Doutel
Immature © Adrien Mauss
Adult male © Ting-Wei (廷維) HUNG (洪)
Adult male © Xabier Remirez
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Female © Markus Craig
Female © Volker Hesse

Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

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Identification

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Small falcon with distinctive male plumage: gray head, rusty back, gray tail with broad black tip. Female is brownish above, with barring on the back, wings, and tail. Note rather pointed wingtips (unlike rounded wings of Accipiter hawks), and distinct dark spotting on the breast. Inhabits open and lightly wooded country, farmlands, grasslands, and heathlands; often seen over grassy areas beside roads and at airports. Perches on wires and posts, and typically hunts by hovering, at times fairly high overhead. Very similar to Lesser Kestrel.

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