Kestrel is a small predator slightly larger than doves. Weight of males on average about 180 g female 220 g. The wingspan is between 68-80 cm. The data, however, according to different sources can vary widely, as kestrels have a great geographic variability not only in size but in color. Like all kestrels have dramatically pointed wings and long tail.

Most distinctive feature is the fuzzy kestrel's when the air is kept in one place, look for its prey and spotted attacking dive flight. This method of hunting it differs from the otherwise quite similar to the time when hunting flying low over the ground and even the silhouette of the wings of sparrow blunter ends. Kestrels in flight flap their wings relatively quickly after a few blows they do break. The gyrations are wide with a tail.