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unusual facts about Lesser Kestrel



Johann Andreas Naumann

He wrote an important book on the birds of Germany entitled Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands (1804), and his name has been commemorated in the Latin names of the birds Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni, and the Naumann's Thrush, Turdus naumanni.

Monegros Desert

Highly endangered are Great and Little Bustards, Eurasian Stone-curlew, Lesser Kestrel, Montagu's Harrier and Dupont's Lark, as these species are directly threatened by changes in the steppe ecosystem.

São Marcos da Ataboeira

The area of the parish belongs to the SPA - Special Protection Area, for endangered species of steppe birds such as the Great Bustard and Lesser Kestrel.


see also

Dana Biosphere Reserve

The threatened Nubian Ibex, Syrian Serin, Caracal, and Lesser Kestrel are natives of Wadi Dana and plans to save the species were put forth by Global Environment Fund in 1994.