Australian Hobby

Description:

Male and female are similar in appearance. Back and wings are blue-grey to grey, with greyer edging to back and wing feathers. Flight and tail feathers are dusky grey. Sides of face and crown are black; forehead, throat and sides of neck are buff-cream. Undersides rufous-brown, streaked black on breast and thighs grading to black mottling on belly and flanks. Eye is dark brown, eye-ring bluish-white. Bill is light grey with black tip. Feet dull yellow, claws dusky.

Habitat:

The Australian Hobby is a solitary and aggressive falcon living in open habitats, including vegetated urban areas, but is rare around cliffs and escarpments; mostly characteristic of open woodlands and watercourses This one was in a tree /in front of a suburban school , near a very busy road.