Pygmy falcon eating
Food and hunting
The pygmy falcon hunts from a perch, it drops down in a short, swift swoop to catch prey on the goung and it occasionally pursues prey in a aerial chase. It predominantly feeds on small reptiles and insects, but it occasionally takes rodents and small birds.Once the pygmy falcon has prey clutched in its talons, it will bring its meal to an exposed perch to eat.
Nomenclature
(en) Pygmy falcon(sc) Polihierax semitorquatus
(nl) Afrikaanse dwergvalk
(af) Dwergvalk
