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Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni [Fleischer, 1818]
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Order:
Accipitriformes
Family:
Falconidae
BTO Codes:
, LESKE
EURING No:
3030
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
1 Global Conservation Concern; Depleted
Global:
Vulnerable
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
30 cm
Wingspan:
65 cm
Weight:
M: 130 g F: 170 g
Scientific name from:
L.: falco =falcom (from falcis =sickle, ref hooked talons)
and after Johann Friederich Naumann (1780-1857) German artist and ornithologist
World Distribution:
BREEDS: Mediterranean to c Asia, WINTERS: south to s Africa and se Asia
Habitat:
Steppe, farmland, towns
Diet:
Mostly insects, also small mammals, birds and reptiles
Records and Distribution
First Record:
North Yorkshire, 1867
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
7
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Northeast
(1897),
Shetland
(1987),
North-east England:
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
South-east England:
Isle of Wight
,
South-west England:
Cornwall
,
Wales:
Other Names
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
Spanish:
Cernícalo primilla
Swedish:
Rödfalk
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Negro, J.J. 1997 BWP Update 1:49-56
See Also:
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