Eurasian hobby
Introduction: The Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) is also known as the hobby falcon and is related to the a buzzard. They inhabit open woodland or forest edges, at times foraging away from trees in open habitats including coastal dune fields and some mountain slopes.
Distribution: Absent from southern Namibia but found in Etosha National Park, Caprivi and northern parts of the Namib Desert.
Diet: Hunts mainly at dusk and early morning for locusts, dragonflies, beetles, small birds and bats. Often eats small insects on the wing and large numbers of queleas.
Description: Sleek and slender bird, long-winged when resting which reach the tip of a short, slightly tapered tail. Whitish forehead with a dark cap.
Breeding: Non-Namibian breeder.
Size: 35cm.
Weight: 230g.
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