Grandeur sight of Eurasian Hobby

Eurasian Hobby, Falco subbuteo, Falconidae.

Sipadol, Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur. September 20,2020. 

Streamlined long-winged falcon. Note gray upperparts with plain tail, boldly streaked underparts with rusty leggings, and vent. Swift-like; flight more graceful and aerodynamic than Eurasian Kestrel. Compare this with the larger, stockier, shorter-tailed Peregrine Falcon. Favors open woodland, heathland, and farmland with stands of trees; often hunts over nearby water bodies and marshes. Hunts in the air, catching dragonflies, swallows, and other birds, which it sometimes eats on the wing.

 Eurasian Hobby, Falcon subbuteo or just simple Hobby is a small slim falcon species. It breeds across Africa, Europe and Asia. It is a long distant migrant species wintering in Africa and Asia.