Field signs. Melky very dlinnokryly falcon. Coloring contrast: the upper dark-gray, blackish head, neck white, low light with longitudinal pestrinami. Podhvoste and «pants» red. Dark «mustache» clearly. The flight is very fast: wing-beat frequency of alternating sliding (not pareniem). Voice - calls «cli-cli-cli» (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980).  Distribution. Naselyaet forests and forest. Common in the south of the province, mainly in the forest and lesopolnyh landscapes. In the dark mountain taiga Sayan rare. Common Usinsk in the basin. Especially love nest in forested areas in the vicinity of steppe, where many pryamokrylyh insects - their favorite prey. In podtayge and southern taiga is typical only of open landscapes, mainly in river valleys. At the Yenisey met throughout the subzone average taiga (also only on the rivers) (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). Apart from the Yenisei Valley, selitsya and he more or less the major tributaries (on the river. Bahte - in about 5-10 kilometers of the river. Varlamovke - through 15-20 km) (Rogacheva, 1988). In the northern taiga is very rare, but on the Yenisei penetrates the lane extreme northern boreal forest, almost to the Arctic circle (Angutiha), where selitsya exclusively from colonies lastochek-beregovushek who eats. Gone tomorrow (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). Arctic Circle on the Yenisey is not marked (Rogacheva, 1988). 
Reproduction. Under the Krasnoyarsk start laying in mid-June, downy chicks in mid-July, was flying birds in the third decade of August. Nests in the trees. Masonry from three to five ohristyh with thick reddish-brown spotted eggs (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). Nutrition. It feeds mainly large insects (pryamokrylye, beetles, dragonfly), small birds (up to quails and Chirka, mostly swallows, wagtail, oatmeal, etc.). With very few exceptions hobby are prey in the air. On the ground sometimes missing ZHavoronkov and small rodents (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). References. |
