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Migrates to
Southern Europe and North Africa
24 - 33 cms.
50 - 73 cms.
Small birds in the size range
of sparrows to quail with insects and small
mammals to compliment its diet.
Blue-grey back, ranging from almost black to silver-grey in different
subspecies. Its underparts are buff- to orange-tinted and
more or
less heavily streaked with black to reddish brown.
The female and immature are brownish-grey to dark brown above, and
whitish buff spotted with brown below.
May - June.
3 to 6 rusty brown eggs.
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