Easily confused with the Grey Kestrel F. ardosiaceus, which also inhabits palm savannah, this small falcon has a distribution that is limited to the lowland tropical areas of Tanzania and Zambia, south through Zimbabwe, Mozambique and northern South Africa, and west to Angola, north-eastern Namibia and northern Botswana. With a reporting rate of 9%, it is most common throughout the Caprivi Strip, where it is resident, and relatively common in the Okavango Delta. Its area of occupancy in Namibia is considerably larger than that of the Grey Kestrel at 27,200. Only two nests have been recorded in Namibia, with eggs laid in September and October. Given a home range size of 3.6 pairs per 100 km2 in a woodland area of about 15,000 km2 in the Zambezi region, about 540 pairs could theoretically occur in Namibia.