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- Longueur
- 25–30 cm
- Envergure
- 60–65 cm
- Poids
- 180–230 g
Présence dans le détroit
Rare and irregular winter visitor (<6) to open country areas.
Identification
Similar to the Peregrine but very small and compact. Short wings with broad base; long, rather square-cut tail. Often flies at almost ground level. Powerful rapid wing-beats. Male is bluish-grey above and rusty-yellow below with fine streaking. Female is brownish-grey on upperparts and boldly streaked on underparts.
Déplacements
Very scarce migrant (<12 post. migr.) with peaks in 2nd hf. March and 1st hf. October.
Reprises de bagues
Chick ringed on 8.07.88 in Finland, controlled on 21.02.89 at Arcos de la Frontera (Cadiz), 4,143 Km. away. Pandionidae Águila Pescadora Falconidae juv. Esmerejón
Texte éditorial de Bioestrecho. Dernière révision : 8 septembre 2026.
Galerie
Cricket Raspet, CC BY · 2021
Esteban Poveda, CC BY · 2021
Esteban Poveda, CC BY · 2021
Laura Liedtke, CC BY · 2022
Laura Liedtke, CC BY · 2022
Laura Liedtke, CC BY · 2022
