Lesser Kestrel

Falco naumanni (Fleischer, 1818) LESKE 3030
Family: Falconiformes > Falconidae

Lesser Kestrel, Philip Croft

Slightly smaller than our Kestrel, and less spotted, the male Lesser Kestrel has blue-grey upper-parts. This is a very rare visitor from southern Europe, where it breeds in small colonies.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
163 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
163 records

BTO RECORDS

163 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
163 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.

Occupied 10-km squares in UK

European Distribution Map

European Breeding Bird Atlas 2

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Lesser Kestrel, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: xoriguer petit
Czech: poštolka jižní
Danish: Lille Tårnfalk
Dutch: Kleine Torenvalk
Estonian: stepi-tuuletallaja
Finnish: pikkutuulihaukka
French: Faucon crécerellette
German: Rötelfalke
Hungarian: fehérkarmú vércse
Icelandic: Kliðfálki
Irish: Mionphocaire Gaoithe
Italian: Grillaio
Latvian: mazais piekuns
Lithuanian: stepinis pelesakalis
Norwegian: Rødfalk
Polish: pustuleczka
Portuguese: francelho
Slovak: sokol bielopazúravý
Slovenian: južna postovka
Spanish: Cernícalo primilla
Swedish: rödfalk

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