| Sedentary species of the same family as the Peregrine Falcon. The silhouettes of both birds are similar, with a long, straight tail and pointed wings and their "wrist" joint thrust forward. In both sexes, upperwings are reddish-brown with dark wingtips, and upperparts of its tail and head are grey in the male and brownish in the female. Kestrels have the ability to hover in one spot in the air, a behaviour which enables them to spot mice and lizards which they swoop upon on the ground. Kestrels, like Peregrines, do not build nests but rather lay their eggs on a ledge of a cliff or a building, and even in flower boxes on the higher roof terraces of the city. The sea cliffs of Montjuïc form one of the largest colonies in Europe. They also nest in buildings such as the Church of Santa Maria del Pi and Camp Nou. |
