Dickinson's kestrel

Dickinson's kestrel
in Liwonde, Malawi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Falco
Species:
F. dickinsoni
Binomial name
Falco dickinsoni

Dickinson's kestrel (Falco dickinsoni) is a bird of prey of southern and eastern Africa belonging to the falcon family Falconidae. It is named after John Dickinson, an English physician and missionary who collected the type specimen. It is also known as the white-rumped kestrel. Its closest relatives are the grey kestrel and banded kestrel and the three are sometimes placed in the subgenus Dissodectes.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Falco dickinsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22696410A93560617. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696410A93560617.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.