Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus)

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 800 - 1,000 (2010) and increasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction, pesticides, predation by Black Rats (Rattus rattus), crab-eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis), small Indian Mongooses (Herpestes auropunctatus), and feral cats, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mainly arboreal day-geckos. Also small birds, insects, and introduced mice and shrews.

Voice
A repeated 'toee tooee' or a shorter 'tooit tooit'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus) [XC155380]
by id from Black River Gorge National Park, Machabee trail, Mauritius (call)

Subspecies
Considered closest to Madagascar Kestrel (Falco newtoni) and Seychelles Kestrel (Falco araeus) in the Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) species group. Probably also close to endemic kestrel species of Reunion, extinct since 17th century, but known from bones and some anecdotal accounts.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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