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Falcons have pointed wings and a fast flight. A small notch on the bill helps them kill their prey. They bite it at the neck. Several species rank among the fastest birds in a dive. They hunt mostly birds, insects or small mammals. Many nest on ledges or in the old nests of other birds.
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Falconidae
Falco sparverius · Least concern
It was long called the 'sparrow hawk', yet the American kestrel is a true falcon, only distantly related to sparrowhawks. The smallest and most common falcon in the Americas, it ranges from the weight of a blue jay to that of a mourning dove. Mostly it watches from a perch, but it can also hover with rapid wingbeats while homing in on prey.
Photo: Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Falconidae
Falco amurensis · Least concern
Every year it leaves south-eastern Siberia and northern China in large flocks, crosses India and flies over the Arabian Sea to winter on the coasts of southern and East Africa. Those dense flocks expose it to hunting, and efforts to protect it even brought air gun bans and shorter hunting seasons.
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Falconidae
Falco tinnunculus · Least concern
Windhover was its old name: the common kestrel hovers 10 to 20 m above the ground. It can see near-ultraviolet light, so the urine trails around rodent burrows shine for it in the sunlight. It needs the equivalent of 4 to 8 voles a day.
Photo: Andreas Trepte (CC BY-SA 2.5)
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