Common kestrel

Common kestrel
Adult male Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus
Adult Female Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus from Tal Chhapar Sanctuary, Churu, Rajasthan, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Falco
Species:
F. tinnunculus
Binomial name
Falco tinnunculus
Subspecies

About 10, see text

Global map of eBird reports of F. t. tinnunculus
  Year-Round Range
  Summer Range
  Winter Range
Synonyms

Falco rupicolus Daudin, 1800 (but see text)
Falco tinnunculus interstictus (lapsus)

Falco tinnunculus - Common Kestrel

The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. In the United Kingdom, where no other kestrel species commonly occurs, it is generally just called "kestrel".[2]

This species occurs over a large native range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.[3] It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Falco tinnunculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22696362A206316110. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22696362A206316110.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mangoverde was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Common Kestrels | Beauty of Birds". www.beautyofbirds.com. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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