Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)

Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) - HBW 2, p. 262

French: Faucon à ventre rayé German: Bindenfalke Spanish: Cernícalo Malgache
Other common names: Barred Kestrel, Madagascar Banded Kestrel

Taxonomy: Falco (Hypotriorchis) zoniventris W. Peters, 1854, St Augustin Bay, Madagascar.
Sometimes united in subgenus Dissodectes with other grey kestrels F. ardosiaceus and F. dickinsoni; most similar to the latter. Monotypic.

Distribution: Madagascar.