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| Falco alopex |
(Heuglin, 1861) |
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Family: Falconidae |
Order: Falconiformes |
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Fox kestrel |
Crécerelle renard |
Cernícalo zorruno |
Fuchsfalke |
| Migration: partial |
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intracontinental |
Sedentary in some intermediate areas, but generally moves S from drier areas across whole range in dry season
(Oct-Mar) to attend bush fires, then N with rains to nest on rocky outcrops; some vagrants further S into Kenya,
NE Tanzania and NE Zaire in Sept-Feb after breeding. Population breeding furthest S, in Turkana Valley
(Kenya), may be resident. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |