Small raptor easy to observe and recognizable by its hovering to locate its prey.
Kestrel may come from the Latin crepo , a dry and repeated sound.
MORPHOLOGY / FLIGHT
Length 30-39 cm - weight: 135 to 315 g - longevity: 15 years
HABITAT
Open spaces (meadows, wasteland, etc) or semi-open areas, from the countryside to big cities like Paris.
FOOD
Mainly small voles. Also lizards and insects (Grasshoppers etc)
NEST
Lays: April-May - 1 to 7 eggs.Incubation: about 1 month.
It does not build a nest, but recuperates old nests, especially of corvids in trees.
Also nests on platforms or cavities In cliffs or buildings
STATUS
Protected species
MIGRATION
Partial Migrant
Some of the Nordic individuals winter in France, others in North Africa and West Tropical Africa.
PRESENCE
All year
BECOMING
In moderate decline
SIZE : Middle
Hear the song from the cd "Écouter pour voir les oiseaux" : Merci au CORIF (Centre ornithologique Île-de-France) pour la mise à disposition des enregistrements. http://www.corif.net/
Read more on Oiseaux.net: http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/faucon.crecerelle.html
Have a very nice walk
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