Common kestrel female - Falco tinnunculus

Quite surprised to see this beauty on the roof of the neighbor building. I first spotted her one morning while taking my coffee on the balcony. Since then every couple of days I see her either at sunrise or late at twilight. It seems to have a nest in our 20-storey building.

The Common kestrel

Year-Round Range Passage migrant Winter Range
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About 10, see text
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''Falco rupicolus'' Daudin, 1800
''Falco tinnunculus interstictus''
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The common kestrel , also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. In the United Kingdom, where.. more