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.

Description

It is a small bird of prey, 27 - 33 cm in length with a 63 - 72 cm wingspan. It looks very much like the larger common kestrel but has

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