This species is found in rocky country with scattered trees, in open wooded areas, stony wasteland, wadis, semi-desert, sandy desert with rocky outcrops and cultivated areas (Jennings 2010, Aspinall and Porter 2011). Its diet includes small vertebrates like rodents, bats, reptiles and birds, but also invertebrates like beetles, locusts, grasshoppers, ants, scorpions, spiders and solifugids (Jennings 2010). The species is monogamous and breeds mainly between March and June, but exceptionally breeding behaviour may be observed already in November (Jennings 2010). It nests in tree holes, preferably of Ghaf trees, caves, rock crevices, animal burrows and holes in abandoned buildings or vehicles (Jennings 2010, Aspinall and Porter 2011). No nesting material is used; instead the eggs are laid in a scrape in debris like droppings, feathers and prey remains (Jennings 2010). There is no information available about clutch size in the UAE; elsewhere usually, clutches are three to six eggs (Holt;et al.;2014).