Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) - HBW 2, p. 259
French: Faucon crécerellette
German: Rötelfalke
Spanish: Cernícalo Primilla
Taxonomy: Falco Naumanni Fleischer, 1818, southern Germany and Switzerland; error = Sicily.
Monotypic.
Distribution: SW Europe and N Africa E through E Europe, Asia Minor and Iran to Mongolia and N China (E to Shandong). Winters in Africa S of Sahara; also and irregularly in parts of S Asia.
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A male on a roof with a parcially devoured rodent. Locality Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 7 May 2010 1 year ago 41 sec 4.5 -
A pair mating on a roof. Locality Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 7 May 2010 1 year ago 1 min 42 sec 4.3 -
A pair on a roof, the male preening while another female is flying by. Locality Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 7 May 2010 1 year ago 53 sec 4.3 -
Some chicks at the nest box Locality Villafáfila, Zamora, Castile and Leon, Spain
Javier Ortas 28 June 2009 2 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
An adult female preening its shoulder feathers Locality Carmona, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Alex García · Videoaves 11 April 2008 3 years ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A male devouring a rodent on a roof. Locality Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 7 May 2010 1 year ago 55 sec 4.2
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A couple at nest entrance at matting season.
Locality Portugal
Jose Viana 23 April 2009 2 years ago 4.7 -
Close up of a male carrying a grasshopper to feed the chicks
Locality Castro Verde, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo Region, Portugal
Jose Viana 26 June 2008 2 years ago 4.7 -
Sitting on rocks
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 19 March 2011 47 weeks ago 4.4 -
on the ground
Locality Yotvata, Arava Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 7 May 2009 40 weeks ago 4.3 -
A pair of Lesser Kestrel male & female. The chance to get a photo of both together in the wild is rare.
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 19 March 2011 47 weeks ago 4.3 -
Male,differnt plumage when compared to the Common Kestrel
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 19 March 2011 47 weeks ago 4.2
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