A photo of a Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni), male
Lesser Kestrel, Male

Lesser Kestrel

Falco naumanni

The lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) is a small falcon. This species breeds from the Mediterranean across Afghanistan and Central Asia, to China and Mongolia. It is a summer migrant, wintering in Africa and Pakistan and sometimes even to India and Iraq. It is rare north of its breeding range, and declining in its European range. The genus name derives from Late Latin falx, falcis, a sickle, referencing the claws of the bird, and the species name commemorates the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Naumann.
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Jules T w
Wednesday 22 Mar 2023 - 11:08am
Spain
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Jules T w
Sunday 19 Mar 2023 - 11:17am
Spain
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Charlotte Cheetham
Saturday 25 Feb 2023 - 4:22pm
The Gambia
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Peter Cheetham
Friday 24 Feb 2023 - 5:23pm
The Gambia
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