A smallish bird (30 cm to 36 cm) breeding in the Palearctic region and migrating to Africa and southern Asia. In southern Africa it is uncommon and found throughout except for the drier west. It is found it lightly wooded country and mainly lives off insects, small birds and bats.

 

List of Stamps showing Eurasian Hobby
Country	SG	Michel	Year	Value
Alderney	0185		2002	22p
Alderney	0191 ms		2002	22p
Georgia	0172		1996	15k
Gibraltar	0987		2001	40p
Gibraltar	0987m		2001	40p
Grenadines of St Vincent			2001	$1.10
Guyana	4511		1995	$60
Mali	1428		1995	200f
Mongolia			1999	300t
Mozambique	MS 1619 b		2002	50 000 mt
Poland	2345	2358	1975	2z
Rumania	6790m		2007	4le70
St Vincent	4812		2001	$1.10
Tanzania			1998	1000s