| Grey kestrel | |
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| Grey kestrel at the Maasai Mara, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes |
| Family: | Falconidae |
| Genus: | Falco |
| Species: | F. ardosiaceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Falco ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1823
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The grey kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) is an African bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae. Its closest relatives are the banded kestrel and Dickinson's kestrel and the three are sometimes placed in the subgenus Dissodectes.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Falco ardosiaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22696406A93560247. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696406A93560247.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.