It prefers grazing pasture or dry arable land for foraging, selecting field borders, stubble and fallow land.
It feeds mainly on invertebrates, large or medium-sized insects such as grasshoppers, crickets or beetles, and less frequently small mammals (mice and voles..) and small reptiles (lizards) that are captured from the air. Thanks to this diet, they perform a notable role in the control of agricultural pests.