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Biber, J.-P. 1996. International action plan for the Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni. In: Heredia, B.; Rose, L.; Painter, M. (ed.), Globally threatened birds in Europe: action plans, pp. 191-203. Council of Europe, and BirdLife International, Strasbourg.

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

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BirdLife International. In prep.. European Red List of Birds. Deliverable to the European Commission (DG Environment) in 2021 under Service Contract ENV.D.3/SER/2018/0018.

Brazil, M. 2009. Birds of East Asia: eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, eastern Russia. Christopher Helm, London.

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Cade, T. J. 1982. The falcons of the world. Collins, London.

Davygora, A.V. 1998. Factors limiting area and numbers of lesser kestrel Falco naumanni in the South Ural steppes. 5th World Conference on Birds of Prey and Owls, Johannesburg, South Africa.

del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds). 1994. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Demey, R. Kirwan, G. M. & Lack, P. 2012. Huge roost of Lesser Kestrels and African Swallow-tailed Kites monitored. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 19(1): 12.

Derlink, M., Wernham, C., Bertoncelj, I., Kovács, A., Saurola, P., Duke, G., Movalli, P. and Vrezec, A. 2018. A review of raptor and owl monitoring activity across Europe: its implications for capacity building towards pan-European monitoring. Bird Study 65: S4-S20.

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Garrido, J. R., Numa, C., Barrios, V. et al. In prep. The conservation status and distribution of the breeding birds of prey in Northern Africa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Regional Assessment .

Global Raptor Information Network. 2021. Species account: Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni. Available at: http://www.globalraptors.org/grin/SpeciesResults.asp?specID=8244. (Accessed: 30/07/2021).

Inigo, A. & Barov, B. 2010. Action plan for the lesser kestrel Falco naumanni in the European Union. SEO & BirdLife International for the European Commission.

IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).

Mihoub, J.-B., Gimenez, O., Pilard, P. & Sarrazin, F. 2010. Challenging conservation of migratory species: Sahelian rainfalls drive first-year survival of the vulnerable Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni. Biological Conservation 143: 839-847.

Orta, J. & Kirwan, G. M. 2020. Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni), version 1.0. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana (eds), Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.

Pepler, D. 1996. Management of Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni overwintering in Africa. Thesis. MPhil, University of Cambridge, U.K..

Pescador, M., Ramirez, J. I. G., Peris, S. J. 2019. Effectiveness of a mitigation measure for the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) in wind farms in Spain. Journal of Environmental Management 231: 919-925.

Prugnolle, F.; Pilard, P.; Brun, L. U. C.; Tavecchia, G. 2003. First-year and adult survival of the endangered Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni in southern France. Bird Study 50: 68-72.

Detailed species account from Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status (BirdLife International 2004)

Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

International Action Plan

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lesser-kestrel-falco-naumanni on 24/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 24/12/2024.