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    6/20/2020 Seychelles kestrel - Wikipedia

    Seychelles kestrel
    The Seychelles kestrel (Falco araeus) is a small bird of prey belonging
    to the genus Falco in the falcon family, Falconidae. It is endemic to the Seychelles kestrel
    Seychelles Islands where it is the only breeding bird of prey. It is known in
    Seychellois Creole as the katiti after its loud, shrill call.

    Contents
    Description
    Ecology
    Conservation Conservation status
    References
    External links

    Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]


    Description Scientific classification
    It is the smallest of the kestrels, 18–23 cm long with a wingspan of 40– Kingdom: Animalia
    45 cm. The wings are fairly short and rounded. The adult male's Phylum: Chordata
    upperparts are reddish brown with black spots while the underparts are
    unspotted and buff. The head and rump are dark blue-grey. The tail is Class: Aves
    blue-grey with black bars. The bill is dark and the feet and cere are yellow.
    Order: Falconiformes
    Females are similar to the males in appearance but are a little larger and
    paler. Immature birds have a brown, streaked head, spots on the breast Family: Falconidae
    and a buff tip to the tail.
    Genus: Falco
    Species: F. araeus
    Ecology
    Binomial name
    It can be seen in forest, scrub and farmland and around rock faces and
    Falco araeus
    houses. It rarely hovers, instead feeding by sitting on an exposed perch
    (Oberholser, 1917)
    and waiting for prey to pass, then swooping down to catch it. Lizards,
    particularly green day geckos (Phelsuma) and skinks (Mabuya), make up Synonyms
    92% of its diet and it will also take small birds, frogs, rats and insects.
    Falco araea
    The breeding territory covers just 40 hectares, the smallest of any bird of
    prey. Breeding occurs from August to October. The nest site is on a cliff,
    tree or building. It is a simple scrape with no nest material used. Two or three eggs are laid; they are white with
    brown markings and are incubated for 28–31 days. The young birds fledge after 35–42 days and then remain
    with their parents for another 14 weeks.

    Conservation
    The species has a population of about 800 birds and is classified as vulnerable. Lowland nests have a high failure
    rate of about 70-80%. It probably bred throughout the granitic central Seychelles in the past but is currently
    known to breed only on Mahé, Silhouette, North Island, Praslin and some small adjacent islands. It was
    reintroduced to Praslin in 1977.

    Threats are thought to include habitat loss due to logging, housing development and fires as well as predation
    and competition by introduced species. Rats, cats and barn owls have reduced the lizard population on which the
    kestrels depend and they may take eggs and chicks. Barn owls and common mynas have occupied many suitable
    nest sites.

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    Persecution by humans is now rare. In the past, kestrels were killed because they were thought to take chickens
    and because they were considered to be an omen of death.

    References
    1. BirdLife International (2012). "Falco araea" (https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22696380/0). IUCN Red List
    of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
    BirdLife International (2007) Species factsheet: Falco araea (http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.h
    tml?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3593&m=0). Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/7/2007.
    Barilari, M. 2010. Biologia, conservazione e problemi evolutivi di specie minacciate in ambiente insulare
    tropicale: il Gheppio delle Seychelles (Falco araea). PhD dissertation, University of Urbino "Carlo Bo".
    download from: http://www.openthesis.org/documents/Biologia-conservazione-e-problemi-evolutivi-
    602901.html
    Ferguson-Lees, James & Christie, David A. (2001) Raptors of the World, Christopher Helm, London.
    Penny, Malcolm (1974) The Birds of Seychelles and the Outlying Islands, Collins, London.
    Skerrett, Adrian; Bullock, Ian & Disley, Tony (2001) Birds of Seychelles, Christopher Helm, London.

    External links
    Nature Seychelles: Seychelles kestrel (http://www.natureseychelles.org/index.php?option=com_content&task
    =view&id=56&Itemid=83)

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