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Name Contact Details Country Research Details

Lesser Kestrel

Maurizio Sarà mausar(at)www.unipa.it Sicily The study of the breeding biology and density of Lesser Kestrels in Sicily. This study includes a metal and colour ringing programme.

Nashat Hamidan, Mohammed Dhessat, Masaru Amano Jordan Research on Lesser Kestrel was first started by Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature-BirdLife partner (RSCN) in the Dana Nature Reserve around 1994. This survey is part of the monitoring programmes in the reserve which aim to evaluate the status of this globally threatened species in the reserve and check if management actions in the reserve are beneficial for the species and its habitats. This survey is repeated once every five years and the latest took place in 2002 and it showed that there are 28 pairs of this species that breed in the reserve. RSCN has decided to monitor the status of the Lesser Kestrel in the Mujib Nature Reserve. The first survey took place the spring of 2005 and found more than 35 Lesser Kestrel breeding pairs.

Hein Pienaar South Africa Lesser Kestrel populations

Dave Pepler South Africa Lesser Kestrel migration

Zephné Bernitz Rock and Lesser Kestrel ringing

Rock Kestrel

Anthony van Zyl anthony(at)kestreling.com South Africa Rock Kestrels on the Cape Peninsula

Andrew Jenkins Home Page South Africa Rock and Lesser Kestrel populations

Greater Kestrel

Robert Simmons Home Page South Africa Greater Kestrel life-history study

Common Kestrel

Yousef Alzaoby Syria Annual survey of breeding Common Kestrels

Karim Souttou Algeria Common Kestrel diets

Dr Baziz Belkacem Algeria Common Kestrel biology

Motti Charter Home Page Israel Researches the biology of kestrels nesting in Israel and especially the interactions (predator- prey, competition, etc.) betweeen them with other species of birds (raptors, crows, passerines). He also works in a project of using kestrels as biological pest controls of rodents, along with barn owl, in agriculture fields and plantations.

Lihu Xiong China Common Kestrel (Falco tinnuculus interstincus) ecology

Giacomo Dell'Omo, David Costantini, Stefania Casagrande and Giuseppe di Lieto www.ornisitalica.com Italy Deals primarily with evolutionary physiology of birds using the Eurasian kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) as a model species. Specifically interested in the proximate and ultimate factors that affect the physiology of carotenoids and oxidative stress and the role that carotenoid-based colours play in the mate choice.

Paul Morandini Hungary Monitors 30 pairs of urban Common Kestrels in Budapest for the Hungarian BirdLife organization.

Karl Hamilton more_elia(at)yahoo.co.uk Northern Ireland The Feeding ecology of the Common Kestrel in Northern Ireland

diet of the kestrel in NI and how this varies seasonally and according to age and habitat (of great interest here as there are no voles in NI, the main prey in the UK)

local seasonal movements of kestrels in response to seasonal changes in prey availability (mainly in upland habitats)

the influences of nest site availability and food spectrum / density on breeding density and breeding success

the extent of crepuscular activity in the kestrel as a result of diet and prey availability

I also hope to commence in the near future a kestrel ringing project, in an attempt to deduce just how far kestrels in NI can disperse and migrate.

Seychelles Kestrel

Jim Groombridge Home Page United Kingdom Genetics study of the Seychelles Kestrel. Read more on the Research project web page.

Name	Contact Details	Country	Research Details
Lesser Kestrel
Maurizio Sarà	mausar(at)www.unipa.it	Sicily	The study of the breeding biology and density of Lesser Kestrels in Sicily. This study includes a metal and colour ringing programme.
Nashat Hamidan, Mohammed Dhessat, Masaru Amano		Jordan	Research on Lesser Kestrel was first started by Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature-BirdLife partner (RSCN) in the Dana Nature Reserve around 1994. This survey is part of the monitoring programmes in the reserve which aim to evaluate the status of this globally threatened species in the reserve and check if management actions in the reserve are beneficial for the species and its habitats. This survey is repeated once every five years and the latest took place in 2002 and it showed that there are 28 pairs of this species that breed in the reserve. RSCN has decided to monitor the status of the Lesser Kestrel in the Mujib Nature Reserve. The first survey took place the spring of 2005 and found more than 35 Lesser Kestrel breeding pairs.
Hein Pienaar		South Africa	Lesser Kestrel populations
Dave Pepler		South Africa	Lesser Kestrel migration
Zephné Bernitz			Rock and Lesser Kestrel ringing
Rock Kestrel
Anthony van Zyl	anthony(at)kestreling.com	South Africa	Rock Kestrels on the Cape Peninsula
Andrew Jenkins	Home Page	South Africa	Rock and Lesser Kestrel populations
Greater Kestrel
Robert Simmons	Home Page	South Africa	Greater Kestrel life-history study
Common Kestrel
Yousef Alzaoby		Syria	Annual survey of breeding Common Kestrels
Karim Souttou		Algeria	Common Kestrel diets
Dr Baziz Belkacem		Algeria	Common Kestrel biology
Motti Charter	Home Page	Israel	Researches the biology of kestrels nesting in Israel and especially the interactions (predator- prey, competition, etc.) betweeen them with other species of birds (raptors, crows, passerines). He also works in a project of using kestrels as biological pest controls of rodents, along with barn owl, in agriculture fields and plantations.
Lihu Xiong		China	Common Kestrel (Falco tinnuculus interstincus) ecology
Giacomo Dell'Omo, David Costantini, Stefania Casagrande and Giuseppe di Lieto	www.ornisitalica.com	Italy	Deals primarily with evolutionary physiology of birds using the Eurasian kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) as a model species. Specifically interested in the proximate and ultimate factors that affect the physiology of carotenoids and oxidative stress and the role that carotenoid-based colours play in the mate choice.
Paul Morandini		Hungary	Monitors 30 pairs of urban Common Kestrels in Budapest for the Hungarian BirdLife organization.
Karl Hamilton	more_elia(at)yahoo.co.uk	Northern Ireland	The Feeding ecology of the Common Kestrel in Northern Ireland diet of the kestrel in NI and how this varies seasonally and according to age and habitat (of great interest here as there are no voles in NI, the main prey in the UK) local seasonal movements of kestrels in response to seasonal changes in prey availability (mainly in upland habitats) the influences of nest site availability and food spectrum / density on breeding density and breeding success the extent of crepuscular activity in the kestrel as a result of diet and prey availability I also hope to commence in the near future a kestrel ringing project, in an attempt to deduce just how far kestrels in NI can disperse and migrate.
Seychelles Kestrel
Jim Groombridge	Home Page	United Kingdom	Genetics study of the Seychelles Kestrel. Read more on the Research project web page.