Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni [Fleischer, 1818] |
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family: Falconidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 3030 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
30 cm
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Wingspan: 65 cm |
Weight:
M: 130 g F: 170 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: falco=falcom (from falcis=sickle, ref hooked talons) and after Johann Friederich Naumann (1780-1857) German artist and ornithologist |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Mediterranean to c Asia, WINTERS: south to s Africa and se Asia |
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Habitat:
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Steppe, farmland, towns |
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Diet:
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Mostly insects, also small mammals, birds and reptiles |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Kent, 1877
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
7
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Northeast
(1897),
Shetland
(1987),
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North-east England:
East Yorkshire
(1909),
North Yorkshire
(1979),
West Yorkshire
(1979),
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Essex
(1974),
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South-east England:
Isle of Wight
(1903),
Kent
(1989),
Greater London
(1992),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(1968),
Isles of Scilly
(2002),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Cudyll Coch Lleiaf |
| Danish: Lille tårnfalk | Dutch: Kleine torenvalk |
| Finnish: Pikkutuulihaukka | French: Faucon crécerellette |
| German: Rötelfalke | Hungarian: Fehérkarmú vércse |
| Icelandic: Kliðfálki | Irish: Mionphocaire Gaoithe |
| Italian: Grillaio | Norwegian: Rødfalk |
| Polish: Pustuleczka | Portuguese: Peneireiro-das-torres |
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Spanish:
Cernícalo primilla
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Swedish: Rödfalk |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Negro, J.J. 1997 BWP Update 1:49-56 | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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European Species Action Plan
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