Common kestrel
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The common kestrel, also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. In the Uni
Common kestrel falco tinnunculus
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tal Chappar Rajasthan India 14.02.2013
F. t. canariensis from Gran Canaria
F. t. rupicolaeformis from Hurghada, Egypt
Lesser kestrel
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The lesser kestrel 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 an
Common kestrel
…the nankeen kestrel Falco cenchroides. The rock kestrel (F. rupicolus), previously considered a subspecies, is now treated as a distinct species. 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 very closely related…
Lesser Kestrel
Lesser kestrel
Female in flight showing whitish talons
Lesser kestrels mating