Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Fox Kestrel*
Id (Atlas):
Falco alopex
Description (10 )
Fox Kestrel
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Family
Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)
Size
32 - 38 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Heuglin, 1861)
Habitat
Rocky hills, cliffs and dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,200 m.
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda.
Vagrant to Djibouti, Gambia.
Senegambia east through northern Cameroon and Sudan to Red Sea coast of Ethiopia, south to north-eastern Zaire, north-western Kenya and north-eastern Uganda.
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Food
Insects, reptiles and small mammals.
Voice
A high-pitched screech. Usually silent outside of breeding season.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)... )
Listen to XC378470
Fox Kestrel (Falco alopex ) [XC378470 ]
by id from Pics de Sindou, Como\u00e9, Burkina Faso (call)
Listen to XC378469
Fox Kestrel (Falco alopex ) [XC378469 ]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Pics de Sindou, Como\u00e9, Burkina Faso (flight call)
Nest
In a hole or crevice, unlined, on a cliff or on a ledge. Sometimes in loose colonies.
Subspecies
Possibly forms superspecies with Greater Kestrel (Falco rupicoloides ), but quite different in ecology and proportions.
No subspecies.
References
See References .
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For more information about the Fox Kestrel see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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