Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Lesser Kestrel, Jimena de la Frontera, Spain, March 2017 - click for larger image

The Lesser kestrel breeds in southern Europe, northern Africa, central Asia and into China and migrates to Africa south of the Sahara in the northern winter. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It breeds colonially in town and on steep cliffs and this behaviour is one of the ways to distinguish it from the Common Kestrel F. tinnunculus.

Lesser Kestrel, Jimena de la Frontera, Spain, March 2017 - click for larger image Another distinguishing feature is its trisyllabic rasping call.
Lesser Kestrel, Jimena de la Frontera, Spain, March 2017 - click for larger image
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