Falco naumanni

Near Threatened

NT (D1)

Contributed: Asaf Mayrose, Avner Rinot, Lior Kislev, Ezra Hadad, Ido Zurim, Ohad Hatzofe, Yosef Kiat

Update Time: Aug. 21, 2023, 4:32 p.m.

The Lesser Kestrel is classified as Near Threatened (NT) because of its small population size (Slightly over 1,000 mature individuals). In the previous edition of the Red Book (2002), it was classified as Endangered (EN). The improvement in the status of the species reflects the relative stability in its population size during the past two decades, although it is still far smaller than the population that bred in Israel during the first half of the 20th century. At the same time its population in Israel stabilized, a similar trend was identified in other countries and the global status of the species was changed in 2011 from Vulnerable (VU) to Least Concern (LC).

NT Current Regional Assessment | EN Previous Regional Assessment | LC Global Assessment

Presence In Israel	Migrant, Summer
Breeding In Israel	Breeder
Migration Types	Long Range
Zoographical Zones	Mediterranean, Irano-Turanian
Landscape Types	Mountainous, Plains & Valleys, Cliffs, Rural Area
Vegetation Types	Steppe, Herbaceous
Vegetation Densities	Low
Nest Locations	Cliffs, Buildings
Diet Types	Invertebrate, Terrestrial Vertebrates
Foraging Grounds	Ground
Body Sizes	Small (up to 500g)
Threat Factors	Nest Harvesting, Human Settlements in Gorges, Hikers and rock climbers, Pesticide Poisoning, Habitat loss and fragmentation, Tree planting

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Species page at Birdlife International

Contributed: Asaf Mayrose, Avner Rinot, Lior Kislev, Ezra Hadad, Ido Zurim, Ohad Hatzofe, Yosef Kiat

Current Occupancy Map

Current occupancy map by density
Data Missing	Sporadic	Limited Sites	Low Density	High Density
0	0	0	0	0

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Distribution maps

The maps presented here provide visual information on the distribution of species in Israel from the past and present, and the changes in occupancy and breeding density during the comparison period. For further reading

Relative Abundance 2010-2020

Breeding density values in the current decade as determined from experts' opinion and observations from databases.

Relative Abundance 2010-2020 by density
Data Missing	Sporadic	Limited Sites	Low Density	High Density
8	12	12	21	19

Relative Abundance 1980-1990

Density values based primarily on the book The Birds of Israel (Shirihai 1996).

Relative Abundance 1980-1990 by density
Data Missing	Sporadic	Limited Sites	Low Density	High Density
5	14	14	17	22

Occupancy 1990-2020

The map shows differences in the species breeding distribution between the 1980's breeding map and the current weighted breeding evaluation. Negative value - species previously bred in the grid and is not presently breeding; positive value - species has not previously bred in the grid and is currently breeding.

Occupancy 1990-2020
Data Missing	No Change	Occupancy Increase	Occupancy Decrease
6	35	1	9

Change in Relative Abundance 1990-2020

The map shows the changes in the relative abundance of a species in each of the distribution grids between the breeding map of the 1980s and the weighted current breeding evaluation. Negative values - decline in abundance; positive values - increase in abundance; zero - no change in abundance.

Change in Relative Abundance 1990-2020
80 to 100	50	20 to 30	No Change	30- to 20-	50-	100- to 80-	Data Missing
0	4	2	22	12	14	11	16

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