This paper reported karyotypes of the Hobby and Kestrel collected from the suburb of Qiqihaer City. These karyotypes were
compared and analyzed, on the basis of the study of karyotypes of nine birds species in Falconiformes by Bian Xiaozhuang and
Li Qingwei. It was considered that differences in habits of birds and ecological environment not only cause falcons to differ
from others, but also differences in a genus, even within a species. This difference may result from fusion of microchromosomes.
Key words Hobby - Kestrel - Karyotype - Ecological adaptation