Lesser Kestrel
Photo: Sumeet Moghe · CC BY-SA 4.0

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Falco naumanni

LCLeast Concern
Family
Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
Order
Falconiformes

Overview

The lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) is a small falcon. This species breeds from the Mediterranean across Afghanistan and Central Asia, to China and Mongolia. It is a summer migrant, wintering in Africa and Pakistan and sometimes even to India and Iraq. It is rare north of its breeding range, and declining in its European range.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Breeds Mediterranean basin to eastern China; winters to southern Asia and southern Africa.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.