Field signs. Melky falcon with a relatively short wings and long tail. Dimensions are similar to the male sparrow-hawk, but the wings are sharper and higher figure. Top dove, bottom whitish-red with longitudinal pestrinami. The tail is striped with dark end. Females and young dark-brown top, bottom burovatye. On the flight wings curved serpoobrazno. Hunts usually at a low «breyuschem» flight. Voice - abruptly «Ki-Ki ethicists» (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980).  Distribution. Occurs in open places of forest zone in the northern woodlands in the forest. Solid taiga avoided. Migratory birds. In the province distributed widely: from the southern border (Usinskaya pan) until the forest vegetation in the north. At the Yenisey found to Brehovskih islands in the Delta, maybe even before Golchihi (Sushkin, 1914). At Gydane met on the river. Yuribey. At the Taimyr nest everywhere in the taiga stations lake and hollows in the forest, especially where the habit. In the shrub tundra at the mouth of Dudypty to Pyasine nesting doubtful, although some birds have met on the tundra in spring and autumn in the lower and AGAPE Purinskogo even for a second lake (Krechmar, 1966). In the forest derbniki quite common. Couples meet through 8-10 kilometers, but in the southern part of this zone are very rare, but occur most other birds of prey, except erne (Hantayskoe Lake). In the taiga zone rare. More often occurs in the northern taiga, where more large wetlands and other open spaces. In middle and southern taiga are very rare, although greeted us at Enisee everywhere in the middle taiga in the southern taiga of the village. Fomka (60 ° N). At nesting recorded at the Peace (62 ° N) (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980; Rogacheva, 1988). South of Krasnoyarsk - a rare nesting birds outskirts of the mountain taiga and forest (Sushkin, 1914).
 Reproduction. At the Taimyr spring arrives in late May. Jacks on the ground or speaking of rocks, sometimes in thick bush, sometimes on an almost open field. In laying - 3-5 ohristyh eggs with reddish-brown thick pestrinami. In mid-August, the young begin to fly, autumn departure in mid-September (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980).
Nutrition. At the Taimyr fed exclusively small birds: Wagtail, tap dance, varakushkami, Drozdov. Kulyk (Krechmar, 1966). References. |
