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Photo by max1
Western Cape, South Africa, October 2017
Falco rupicolus

Identification

27–35 cm (10½-13¾ in)

  • Greyish head and tail
  • Chestnut upperparts

Distribution

Photo by Binty
Cape Point, South Africa, June2014

Africa: from northern Angola to Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Tanzania and South Africa.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly included in Common Kestrel.

Habitat

Fynbos, desert and cliffs.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of small mammals taken from hover-flight.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
  4. BF Member observations

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