GOBIERNO DE ARAGON UE FEADER REDR

Lesser Kestrel

BIRDING ARAGÓN

Lesser Kestrel

Falco naumanni
ES: Cernícalo primilla

Description

L:26-31cm; W: 66-72cm;

Raptor with pointed wings and long tail, with a black band near the end; light nails; back brown, mottled only in female; light ocher underparts, speckled with dark; gray head and tail without streaks in the male, more ocher and streaked in the female and juveniles; outermost primary longer than 7th.Adult male with gray head, without streaks; tail, uppertail coverts and rump uniformly grey, without barring; ocher back without spots and bluish stripe on the wings. Adult female with ribbed head; tail barred and with a grayish tint; back and upper wing coverts mottled.

Cernícalo primilla Falco naumanni Lesser Kestrel
  • Observation difficulty: Medium
  • Status: Summer
  • Optimal Season: Feb-Sep
  • Conservation Status: Sensitive habitat
  • Hábitat: Steppe

Special interest

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ROUTES

PROVINCES

Huesca. Zaragoza. Teruel

REGIONS

Hoya de Huesca; Monegros y Bajo Cinca; Comarca Central; Bajo Aragón y Caspe; Campo Belchite y Bajo Martín; Campo de Cariñena y Valdejalón; Campo de Daroca y Jiloca; Comunidad de Teruel; Matarraña

Special Protected Areas (SPA)

CUENCA DE GALLOCANTA. ESTEPAS DE BELCHITE – EL PLANERÓN – LA LOMAZA. ESTEPAS DE MONEGRILLO Y PINA. LA RETUERTA Y SALADAS DE SÁSTAGO. VALCUERNA, SERRETA NEGRA Y LIBEROLA. EL BASAL, LAS MENORCAS Y LLANOS DE CARDIEL. SIERRAS DE LEYRE Y ORBA. LAGUNAS Y CARRIZALES DE CINCO VILLAS. LA SOTONERA. MONTES DE ZUERA, CASTEJÓN DE VALDEJASA Y EL CASTELLAR. PARAMERAS DE BLANCAS. DESFILADEROS DEL RÍO MARTÍN. PARAMERAS DE CAMPO VISIEDO