The common name for falco rupicoloides is the greater kestrel. Its body length is 27 cm to 39 cm. Its wingspan is 64 cm to 84 cm. The Greater Kestrel is mostly brown with a black bar that goes through the middle of their back, they have a white belly and yellow talons. One way to identify the Greater Kestrel is its the largest Kestrel.

The Greater kestrel lives in savannahs, grasslands, and semi-deserts. South Africa is where you would find the majority of the population. They live mostly in the thick, shady Acacia trees of Africa. They always live in shady areas to keep away from the hot sun. Some are sedentary but they are mostly nomadic. The population of the Greater Kestrel in one area is around 100,000 to 200,000.

The diet of the Greater Kestrel consists of mostly invertebrates such as grasshoppers and beetles. They usually hunt from a perch such as a tree or rock, but some have been known to hover like many other predatory birds. If there is excess food they store it in a burrow or in a tree.

Reproduction varies on the location, in the south the mating season is usually from April to July. IN Kenya mating is in every month. Greater kestrel use nests in an Acacia tree usually from around 2-20 m high. 2-7 eggs are laid incubation last for 23-27 days. the young birds only stay with their mother for about 30-34 days.

There are many interesting things on the Greater Kestrel. One is that they hunt in fires they swoop in and grab their prey from the fire then flee the flames! A second fact is that they usually use old nests instead of creating their own. The Greater Kestrel has many interesting and crafty tendencies.