{"id":111,"date":"2015-01-06T15:42:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T20:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:49:37","slug":"mauritius-kestrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/mauritius-kestrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauritius Kestrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfjzw3ix-393faa4623f68f401b705ea4d4d1e2d8\">\n.avia-section.av-lfjzw3ix-393faa4623f68f401b705ea4d4d1e2d8{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mauritius-kestrel-1.jpg);\nbackground-position:0% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-lfjzw3ix-393faa4623f68f401b705ea4d4d1e2d8 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  tall-inner-banner avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-100 av-height-100  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='100' data-av_min_height_opt='100'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-111'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2qi3t3-dad85cd352e03e895f07f4a93da5cbc5 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  inner-post-title first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfjzwncz-dd4413a86ab19769fca106b43b51acc4'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Mauritius Kestrel<\/h1>\n<h5><em>Falco punctatus<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-2krdof-8b4fa290986fc412ded31b8ce2e1fa0c main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-111'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2ekzi7-da10ffd2a36b90629698665b29a548f4 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfjzwxw9-68aa2c002093ad706e9c5dd7e58b2e9c'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Mauritius Kestrel\u00a0<em>(Falco punctatus)<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfjzxcza-c6155e9da0ebe94b5a04122285f5c87d'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Less colourful than its North American cousin, this kestrel is a small falcon adapted to living in Mauritian forests. It has short rounded wings and a relatively long tail and legs. It measures 15\u201318 centimetres from beak to tail and weighs 135\u2013165 grams.<\/p>\n<p>About 90 per cent of a kestrel\u2019s diet consists of\u00a0<em>Phelsuma<\/em>\u00a0geckos, supplemented by other lizards, insects and shrews. Typically, the kestrel breeds once each year, between September and November. It will lay a second clutch of eggs, usually within 14 days, if the first clutch is lost. Clutches are two to four eggs, primarily incubated by the female.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-27jwe7-ca1ec3f8a71fcd8e6950653045c9aba6 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  species-inner-content-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-111'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-209t7j-538b4905c543c19f659b958b7b5f5e2e\">\n.flex_column.av-209t7j-538b4905c543c19f659b958b7b5f5e2e{\nbackground-color:#f8fbf4;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-209t7j-538b4905c543c19f659b958b7b5f5e2e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-8  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfjzy1rk-b43fa31d47dc600a6cd4a2f33edb60f8'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"habitat\">Habitat<\/h3>\n<div id=\"left-area\">\n<article id=\"post-111\" class=\"et_pb_post post-111 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-mauritian-species\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"et-boc\" class=\"et-boc\">\n<div class=\"et-l et-l--post\">\n<div class=\"et_builder_inner_content et_pb_gutters3\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_tabs et_pb_tabs_0 et_slide_transition_to_1 et_slide_transition_to_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_all_tabs\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_tab et_pb_tab_0 clearfix et_pb_active_content et-pb-active-slide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_tab_content\">\n<p>Native only to Mauritius, the Mauritius kestrel was historically found throughout the island. By the early 1970s, its range was reduced to the mountainous Black River Gorges in southwestern Mauritius. Kestrels occupy territories of about three square kilometres in both upland and lowland native forest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1th0pj-b908fe274415fa6b9fb028416ae7665c\">\n.flex_column.av-1th0pj-b908fe274415fa6b9fb028416ae7665c{\nbackground-color:#f8fbf4;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1th0pj-b908fe274415fa6b9fb028416ae7665c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfjzyu8r-71a1e1d99dd0b4a408ad3bb7d01a4e25'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"threats\">Status<\/h3>\n<div id=\"left-area\">\n<article id=\"post-111\" class=\"et_pb_post post-111 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-mauritian-species\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"et-boc\" class=\"et-boc\">\n<div class=\"et-l et-l--post\">\n<div class=\"et_builder_inner_content et_pb_gutters3\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_tabs et_pb_tabs_0 et_slide_transition_to_1 et_slide_transition_to_0 et_slide_transition_to_2\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_all_tabs\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_tab et_pb_tab_2 clearfix et-pb-active-slide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_tab_content\">\n<p>The pre-colonial kestrel population was never large, estimated between 175 and 325 breeding pairs. At one point, however, the population dropped to just four birds. Today, thanks to an intensive breeding and\u00a0<a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/glossary\/reintroduction\/\" data-cmtooltip=\"Species recovery technique that involves the intentional movement and release of individuals into its native range, from which it has previously disappeared.\u00a0 Reintroduction aims to re-establish viable populations of species within their native range.\">r\u00e9introduction<\/a>\u00a0program, there are now an estimated 300\u2013500 kestrels in the wild. Most importantly, this includes at least 100 breeding pairs.<\/p>\n<p>The status of this species is still precarious. When the population peaked at 500\u2013800 birds in 2000, the Mauritius kestrel was downlisted to Vulnerable. However, recent declines led to this species being re-assessed as\u00a0<a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/glossary\/endangered\/\" data-cmtooltip=\"(E) A wildlife species facing imminent extirpation or extinction.\">En voie de disparition<\/a> in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-1me8n3-9fa2db18a4f98f11cbed8705ee3bd262 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfjzzf00-febc095f2f26319d27cda097d92da79c'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"recovery\">Menaces<\/h3>\n<p>The original threats of DDT-based pesticides and habitat degradation are now largely gone. 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