Lesser Kestrel

Falco naumanni - Faucon crécerellette

Faucon crécerellette
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Falconiformes

  • Family
    :

    Falconidés

  • Genus
    :

    Falco

  • Species
    :

    naumanni

Descriptor

Fleischer, JG, 1818

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 32 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 58 à 73 cm.
  • Weight
    : 138 à 210 g
Longevity

6 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Faucon crécerellette
♂ adult plum. breeding
Faucon crécerellette
♀ adult plum. breeding

Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Faucon crécerellette,
  • Cernícalo primilla,
  • francelho-das-torres,
  • Rötelfalke,
  • fehérkarmú vércse,
  • Kleine Torenvalk,
  • Grillaio,
  • rödfalk,
  • Rødfalk,
  • sokol bielopazúravý,
  • poštolka jižní,
  • Lille Tårnfalk,
  • pikkutuulihaukka,
  • Kleinrooivalk,
  • xoriguer petit,
  • Kliðfálki,
  • pustułeczka,
  • mazais piekūns,
  • južna postovka,
  • Степная пустельга,
  • ヒメチョウゲンボウ,
  • 黄爪隼,
  • 黃爪隼,

Voice song and cries

Faucon crécerellette
♂ subadult

Habitat

Faucon crécerellette
♀ adult

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Desert : Hot ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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