Malagasy kestrel

Malagasy kestrel
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1][note 1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Falco
Species:
F. newtoni
Binomial name
Falco newtoni
Subspecies
  • Falco newtoni newtoni
    (Gurney, JH Sr, 1863)
  • Falco newtoni aldabranus
    Grote, 1928

The Malagasy kestrel (Falco newtoni), also known as the Madagascar kestrel, Malagasy spotted kestrel, Newton's kestrel, Madagascar spotted kestrel, katiti (Creole)[2] or hitsikitsika (Malagasy), is a small bird of prey of the genus Falco. It is named after British ornithologist Edward Newton. It occurs in two subspecies on Madagascar and at Aldabra. The race from Aldabra is also called Aldabra kestrel (Falco newtoni aldabranus). Its closest living relative is the Seychelles kestrel; they were at one time considered conspecific. Their common ancestors appear to have diverged very recently, probably less than 1 million years ago during the Early or Middle Pleistocene. The Mauritius kestrel is more distantly related.(Groombridge et al. 2002)

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Falco newtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22696368A93557702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696368A93557702.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Erritzoe, Johannes & Erritzoe, Helga (1993): The Birds of CITES and How to Identify Them. Lutterworth Press. ISBN 0-7188-2895-X


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