The Seasonal Birds Geumgang Birdwatch Observatory Movement of the Seasonal Birds The Upper Part of the Estuary Bank The Lower Part of the Estuary Bank Eoeun-ri Tidal Flat Paper Corea Woods Yubudo Island Napo Crossfield   [Kestrel] falco tinnunculus interstinctus HORSFIELD Features: The brow and the base in front of eyes of the males with winter plumage are creamy or rusty yellowish brown. The line of chin is gray, and the ear feathers have gray vertical dappled design on a yellowish brown ground. The bottom of chin and the throat are creamy yellowish brown. The back, shoulders, the part under waist are reddish brown, and the end of them has black spots. The tail is gray, and the edges of each feather have a black wide stripe. The wing feathers are dark brown, and the end has thin edges. The breast and the stomach are yellowish brown, and the lower feathers covering tail are creamy yellowish brown. the neck area is yellowish brown with reddish earth color tint. The brow and the base in front of eyes of the females with winter plumage are creamy. The crown of head is light brown, and the ear feathers is creamy with brown spots. The bottom of chin and the throat are creamy or yellowish brown. The part under waist and the upper feathers covering tail form a dark brown horizontal stripes with gray with reddish earth color tint. The end of the tail is creamy white and has a black wide horizontal stripe. The wing feathers are dark brown. The breast and the stomach are dark yellowish brown and have the dark brown vertical patterns. The beak is horn color with blue tint, and the base is light whose end has the black tint. Mode of life: They are permanent residents. They flutter very much and fly in a straight line. Sometimes they keep in order like a kite on a spot of 6-15 meter high sky spreading the tail feathers like a fan and fix their eyes on prey. Call: They have a piercing shriek, "kee-kee-keee" or "kit-kit-kit". They use the nest made by the Asiatic sparrow hawks or common buzzards, or they dwell in a sunken hole of a mud-plastered wall of river in a group. Breeding time: The number of eggs of the same litter is 4-6. The eggs have the dark reddish brown dappled design on a white ground. It weighs 24-24.5 grams. Usually females brood over eggs for hatching, but sometimes males brood over eggs for hatching. Taste: They have rodents, moles, small birds, insects, and the reptiles. Range: They pass the winter in Korea, Japan, Hainan Island of China, Indochina, India, and Malay.
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