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The lesser kestrel is, as the name implies, a smaller and more delicate bird than the common kestrel, and it is entirely sympatric in its breeding range with it; they ... Read More

The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group ... The lesser kestrel (F. naumanni), which much resembles a small common kestrel with no black on the upperside except wing and tail tips, is probably not ... Read More

Both sexes have greyish-black bill and yellow cere. The eyes are dark brown. Legs and feet are yellow with whitish claws, whereas the Common Kestrel has black ... Read More

Belly sparsely spotted. Underside of wings paler with less barring than Kestrel, and with more pronounced dark wing tips and trailing edge. This is also more or ... Read More

Shape very similar to Eurasian Kestrel but tail slightly shorter and central tail feathers project slightly. Wings more rounded and shorter than Eurasian Kestrel;​ ... Read More

Fairly common in open and lightly wooded country, farmland, heathland; often seen over ... Very similar to Lesser Kestrel. ... Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus. Read More

During the first winter, once the birds have gone through the facial and body moult, the new feathers on the males are greyish and therefore clearly different from ... Read More

2016年5月29日 — The lesser kestrel is a species with no recognized subspecies. Genetic evidence suggests that despite their similar appearance the lesser kestrel ... Read More