Amur Falcon

Falco amurensis

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Widespread passage migrant; unrecorded in Pakistan. in all plumages, has red to pale orange cere, eye-ring, legs and feet. Similar in shape to Eurasian Hobby but with slightly more rounded wing-tips, and slightly longer tail. Male dark grey, with rufous thighs and undertail-coverts and white underwing-coverts. First-year male shows mixture of adult male and juvenile characters. Female has dark grey upperparts, short moustachial stripe, whitish underparts with some dark barring and spotting, and orange-buff thighs and undertail-coverts; uppertail barred; underwing white with strong dark barring and dark trailing edge. Juvenile is similar to female but has rufous-buff fringes to upperparts, rufous-buff streaking on crown, and boldly streaked underparts. Highly gregarious and crepuscular falcon. Forms communal roosts, often with Lesser Kestrels. Hunts by hawking insects and by hovering like Common Kestrel. Open country.