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GPS tracking of 13 pygmy falcons during the breeding season for three years found that each pair foraged over less than 1 km^2. This is only 1/14th that of the Lesser Kestrel, but consistent with expectations from allometry.

Summary: eurekalert.org/news-releases/1…

Original paper: bioone.org/journals/journal-of…

Researchers have yet to determine definitively whether this is the cutest raptor.

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