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Kestrels
What are the special features of a kestrel?
The American kestrel is the smallest North American falcon. It is 9-12 inches in length with a wingspan of 21 inches. It has a rusty tail and back and...
Why do kestrels have sharp claws?
They have sharp claws to catch prey and are white in color. The species has sexual dimorphism. How do sharp claws help animals?Will a kestrel take a r...
What is a kestrels eye like?
What do kestrels look like? Kestrels have light-brown plumage with dark spots. Males have a grey-blue head, while females are all brown. The species h...
Does a kestral eat grass?
Kestrels can be found across the UK in a variety of habitats. They tend to hunt in open spaces with long grass as this is prime field-vole habitat. Wh...
How do kestrels adapt to their habitat?
What special adaptations do they have? Kestrels have excellent vision which they depend on to be an efficient diurnal, or daytime hunter. Like all rap...
What do Greater Kestrels eat?
Voles are by far the most important food for kestrels, although they regularly take other small mammals such as woodmice and shrews, small birds, inse...
What colors are kestrels?
American Kestrels are pale when seen from below and warm, rusty brown spotted with black above, with a black band near the tip of the tail. Males have...
What do kestrel eat?
Grasshoppers are among the favored prey, but many other large insects are taken, including beetles, dragonflies, moths, caterpillars, others. Also fee...
Is the American kestrel a vertebrate?
Is a kestrel a mammal?What kind of bird is kestrel?What is special about the American Kestrel?Is an American Kestrel a carnivore?Is kestrel an eagle?...