Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni, is a species of day-flying bird of prey found in grassland, unvegetated or sparsely vegetated land and urban ecosystems.

Falco naumanni has a breeding population size of 25700-29300 pairs and a breeding range size of 306000 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Increasing in the short term and Increasing in the long term.

The EU population status of Falco naumanni was assessed as Secure, because the species does not meet any of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened or Near Threatened, or the criteria for Depleted or Declining (the EU27 population or range has not declined by 20% or more since 1980).