Field signs. Melky falcon ryzhe-brown color with a long tail. The head of gray. The nails black. At the tail end of a dark band. "Mustaches" almost invisible. Often, vysmatrivaya extraction, "shakes" at one location in the air with a few opuschennym pripodnyatymi tail and wings. Voice - calls "cli-cli-cli", is higher than that of hobby (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980).  Distribution. Widely distributed throughout the Palearctic than tundra, forest-tundra and taiga solid. The most numerous Sokolok southern province. Prefers forest landscapes, lesopolya. river valleys. farmlands, open areas in the taiga zone. Far to the north does not penetrate. Usually Krasnoyarsk, in Usinsk basin. In 1978, found on the river. Floodplain Region Lower Ingashskogo (Ravkin et al, 1987). Comes in the taiga on the slopes of Sayan, but only progalam, garyam, bright-Berezovo listvennichnikam and hog okraykam taygp. North of Krasnoyarsk have usually open landscapes podtaygi. In the continuous southern taiga rarely found in river valleys. In the lower reaches of the Angara, particularly on the islands, kestrel, in some years, usually. At the flow of the Angara River. Chadobets marked NF Reymersom (1966). In the southern taiga on the Yenisei river greeted at the meadows in the village. Pogodaeva, the Village. Fomka and in the adjacent marsh riding (Bursky, Vakhrushev, 1983). In the middle taiga are very rare. In the nearly year Peace fall in May. In 1958, noted in Evenkia in the upper Podkamennoy Tunguska, at the mouth of the river. Chamba (Syroechkovsky, 1959); in 1976, received AB Gottfried have to. Vorogovo on the Yenisey; 5 September, 1977 marked NV Anzigitovoy from the village. Alinskoe (north srednetaezhnoy sub). AF Middendorf points to a random zalet kestrel on the river. Boganidu on the Taimyr (forest) (Rogacheva, 1988).
Habitats. It occurs wherever there is a fragmented forest and the trees and shrubs that are required for the device jacks (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980).  Phenology. The earliest date the arrival of Krasnoyarsk - April 16, departs from the young nests - the first decade of July. Some birds caught by the Krasnoyarsk until mid-October (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). Reproduction. Slot in the rocks, a recess rocks, in trees and on the ground. Build an open nest or selitsya in hollows. Sometimes the smaller colonies. In laying 4-6 (sometimes 8-9) ohristyh with krasnoburym krapom and spotted eggs, but their color may vary greatly (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). Nasizhivanie wall extends over 27-31 days, an average of 29 days. Nutrition. It feeds myshevidnymi rodents, large insects, occasionally small birds and reptiles. Takes extraction mainly from the ground. Is of great benefit, istreblyaya many agricultural pests (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980).  
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