Order: Falconeiformes
Family: Falconeidae
Falco tinnunculus
Common Kestrel

Size: 31-37 cm / 68-78 cm wingspan.
Habitat
Although they can be seen in many different habitats, they prefer clear spaces near agricultural farmlands or thick forests, cliffs, deserts or steppes. They favour lagoon areas, provided they can survey their prey from high positions.
This predatory bird can usually be seen
on the top of buildings where they often nest if there is not too much human presence.
Males have brown plumage and their head has a silvery tonality, while females are more homogeneous in colour, predominantly ochre.
They feed on small mammals, birds, reptiles and insects.