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A flock of Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) at their roost in Tweeling, South Africa. | Sterren Bester |
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An adult female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) bringing food to the nest. More excellent images can be seen at Angelo Nardo's PBase site. | Angelo Nardo |
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An adult male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) photographed near De Aar, South Africa. | Mark Anderson |
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An adult female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) photographed near De Aar, South Africa. | Mark Anderson |
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Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) in the air near their roost at De Aar, South Africa. | Mark Anderson |
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An adult female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) photographed near De Aar, South Africa. | Mark Anderson |
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An adult male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) photographed near De Aar, South Africa. | Mark Anderson |
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An adult female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) photographed near De Aar, South Africa. | Mark Anderson |
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An adult female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)photographed near De Aar, South Africa. | Mark Anderson |
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An adult male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) photographed in the Free State Province, South Africa. To see more of Trevor Hardaker's excellent bird images, visit www.hardaker.co.za | Trevor Hardaker |
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An adult female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) photographed in the Free State Province, South Africa. To see more of Trevor Hardaker's excellent bird images, visit www.hardaker.co.za | Trevor Hardaker |
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A flying male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) photographed at sunset near the Lesser Kestrel roost in Wellington, South Africa. To see more of Trevor Hardaker's excellent bird images, visit www.hardaker.co.za | Trevor Hardaker |
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A flying female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) photographed in Wellington, South Africa. To see more of Trevor Hardaker's excellent bird images, visit www.hardaker.co.za | Trevor Hardaker |
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An adult male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)photographed near Wellington, South Africa | Anthony van Zyl |
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An adult male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)photographed in South Africa | Mark Anderson |
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An immature Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) photographed near Hanover, South Africa. Note the barred wing coverts on the back which indicated that it has not completed its moult into full adult plumage. | Neil Gray |
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A female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) taking off from a telephone wire. Lesser Kestrels forage along the roads by hunting from telephone wires and poles. Photographed near Hanover, South Africa. | Neil Gray |
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A male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) photographed near Hanover, South Africa. | Neil Gray |
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Two female and one male Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) perched on a telephone pole. Photographed near Hanover, South Africa. | Neil Gray |
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A pair of Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) near their nest site in in Mongolia. | Gomboo Baatar |
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Male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) with a lizard. Taken in Mongolia. | Gomboo Baatar |
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Male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) with a lizard. Taken in Mongolia. | Gomboo Baatar |
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A clutch of Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) from a nest in Mongolia. | Gomboo Baatar |
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Female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) incubating a clutch of eggs in a nest in Mongolia. | Gomboo Baatar |
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Male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) eating an invertebrate. Photographed in the Karoo, South Africa, February 2005. | Mark Anderson |
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Female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) perched on a fence post. Photographed in the Karoo, South Africa, February 2005. | Mark Anderson |
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A group of Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) getting ready to roost in Hanover, South Africa. | Wayne and Jackie Furno |
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Female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) carrying a locust near the Victoria West roost, South Africa. | Adriaan Coetzee |
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Immature male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) flying near the Victoria West roost, South Africa. | Adriaan Coetzee |
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An immature (female?) Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) flying near the Victoria West roost, South Africa. | Adriaan Coetzee |
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Male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) in flight near the Victoria West roost, South Africa. | Adriaan Coetzee |
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Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) gathered in the late afternoon on a pylon near Wellington, South Africa. | Jacques Malan |
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About 60 Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) perched along a pylon line before going to roost in Wellington, South Africa. | Jacques Malan |
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A male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) flying in the light of the setting sun. Wellington, South Africa. | Jacques Malan |
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Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) flying above the roost tree in Wellington, South Africa. | Anthony van Zyl |
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Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) coming down to roost at dusk (around 20h00). The whole flock roosts in one Eucalyptus tree. Wellington, South Africa. | Anthony van Zyl |
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A flock of Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) circling above the roost in the evening. Wellington, South Africa. | Anthony van Zyl |
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Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) gathering in the late afternoon before moving to their roost. Wellington, South Africa. | Anthony van Zyl |
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Female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) in the hand. | Maurizio Sara |
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Male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) in the hand. | Maurizio Sara |
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Female Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) perched on a dead tree. This individual is moulting and you can see the replacement feathers (darker with a v-marking rather than the horizontal bar) on the back and wings. More pictures available from the picture library at the Transvaal Museum, South Africa. | M. Goetz, Transvaal Museum |
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Pair of Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) at a cliff in the Mujib Nature Reserve, Jordan. | Masaru Amano |
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A flying Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) in the Mujib Nature Reserve, Jordan. | Masaru Amano |
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A flying Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) in the Mujib Nature Reserve, Jordan. | Masaru Amano |
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Two male Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) at a cliff site in the Mujib Nature Reserve, Jordan. | Masaru Amano |
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A male Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) in the Mujib Nature Reserve, Jordan. | Masaru Amano |