Description: Dark brown with golden sheen on back of head and neck, legs feathered all the way to toes. Juvenile – Defined white patches at base of tail and in wings
Behavior:
- Either solitary or with mate
- Mate for life
- Soar/glide on thermals more often than flapping wings
- Hunt by soaring, flying low or from perch; catch prey on/near ground
- Can reach almost 200 mph in stoop
- Can generate >750 psi with feet
Nesting: Nests built 1-3 months before egg-laying out of mainly sticks and vegetation, 5-6ft wide and 2ft high
- Clutch size – 1-3 eggs
- Number of broods – 1
- Egg size – 2.7 – 3.4in long, 1.9 – 2.5in wide
- Incubation period – 41-45 days
- Egg description – White, cream, pale pink; usually with small brown blotches