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Recordings
Width
73.0 cm
Length
30.0 cm
Similar species
Information
Extremely rare vagrant; A small, slender raptor in which the male and female vary considerably in appearance. The species’ main passage route is well to the west of the Gulf, on route to its wintering grounds in Africa.
Where in Kuwait
A Near Threatened species with only two Spring records for Kuwait with the first being a deceased bird and the second seen in agricultural lands in 2009.
In the world
This species is experiencing a moderately rapid population decline, owing to habitat loss and degradation. It breeds in eastern Europe and west, central and north-central Asia and winters in southern Africa, from South Africa northwards to southern Kenya. The entire population migrates together between south-west Africa and their Eurasian breeding grounds.
Local threats
Indiscriminate shooting and trapping for falconry.