The African Pygmy Falcon lives in dry and semi-dry parts of Africa and hunts ground prey from a perch. It uses spacious communal weaver nests for roosting and nesting.
Adult males have a gray back, while females have a chestnut patch between the wings. The head is gray, the underside creamy white, and the legs light orange.
From a perch it hunts lizards and large insects, and may also take small mammals or birds. In the southwest of its range it can protect weavers from snakes and rodents, while northeastern hosts may gain little benefit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.