Noravank IBA
This Important Bird Area (IBA), set among breathtaking scenery, is an important biodiversity hotspot with open woodlands, steep vertical hillsides, caverns and abundant rocky outcrops.
Lesser Kestrel
Lesser Kestrel
Falco naumanni
Length: 29-32 cm, Wing Span: 58-72 cm
General description: Male has blue-gray head, white claws, slightly longer central tail feathers and reddish-brown back without spots. Female is red-brown with dark spots and streaks above.
Abundance and habitat: Uncommon species of breeding migratory birds. Occurs in open semideserts and mountain steppes. Nests in colonies or in pairs usually under roofs, seldom on cliffs.
Food: Invertebrates and small vertebrates.
Status: Listed in the Red Data Book of the Republic of Armenia as “vulnerable species”. Protected by the RA law on fauna.
Links
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_kestrel
BirdLife: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3589
Birdpedia: http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?m=006&id505=M000003841
Red Data Book of Armenia: http://www.mnp.am/red_book_fauna/arm/a264.html
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Working period/season Year around
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How to reach From the M2 highway, turn south toward Noravank Monastery and drive 4 km. Look for the IBA sign on the right.
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