African Pygmy-falcon Polihierax semitorquatus

African Pygmy-falcon Polihierax semitorquatus

Yabello, Ethiopia
January 2016

The African Pygmy-falcon is distributed from southern Ethiopia to northern Tanzania with a disjunct population in southern Angola, Namibia and north-west South Africa. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in arid and semi-arid bush and grassland.

It is a tiny falcon at 20cm looking rather like a shrike. These photos are of a male. The female has a chestnut patch on her back.

They feed on insects, small lizards and other small prey. They nest in chambers of colonial weavers' nests.

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