Caracaras, Falcons
Fox Kestrel
Falco alopex
The Fox Kestrel (Falco alopex) is a 274 g cliff and rock bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Caracaras, Falcons
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Weight
- 274 g
- Habitat
- Rock
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 18
Recorded in Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Cameroon, Benin, Senegal, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger, Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, S. Sudan.
Where to see it: National Park Bamako (Mali); Abuja - Anton’s Hills (Nigeria); Niamey Grand Hotel terrace (Niger); Mali NP (Mali); Kangaba and nearby (Niger river) (Mali).
