Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) - HBW 2, p. 259
French: Faucon crécerelle
German: Turmfalke
Spanish: Cernícalo Vulgar
Other common names: European/Eurasian/Rock Kestrel
Taxonomy: Falco Tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
May form superspecies with F. sparverius, with F. newtoni, F. punctatus and F. araea, and with F. moluccensis and F. cenchroides. Several races poorly differentiated, and may be invalid. Eleven subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 - N Africa, Europe and Middle East E to E Siberia and Soviet Far East.
- interstinctus McClelland, 1840 - Tibet E through N Indochina and S & C China to Korea and Japan; winters S to India, Malay Peninsula and Philippines.
- objurgatus (Stuart Baker, 1927) - S India (W & E Ghats) and Sri Lanka.
- tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 - N Africa, Europe and Middle East E to E Siberia and Soviet Far East.
- interstinctus McClelland, 1840 - Tibet E through N Indochina and S & C China to Korea and Japan; winters S to India, Malay Peninsula and Philippines.
- objurgatus (Stuart Baker, 1927) - S India (W & E Ghats) and Sri Lanka.
- canariensis (Koenig, 1890) - Madeira and W Canary Is.
- dacotiae Hartert, 1913 - E Canary Is.
- neglectus Schlegel, 1873 - N Cape Verde Is.
- alexandri Bourne, 1955 - SE Cape Verde Is.
- rupicolaeformis (C. L. Brehm, 1855) - NE Africa and Arabia.
- archerii Hartert & Neumann, 1932 - Somalia, coastal Kenya and Socotra.
- rufescens Swainson, 1837 - W & C Africa, E to Ethiopia and S to S Tanzania and N Angola.
- rupicolus Daudin, 1800 - N Angola, S Zaire and S Tanzania S to S South Africa.
- Least Concern
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A female feeding a chick. Madrid, Spain (ssp tinnunculus)
Javier Ortas 16 June 2007 2 years ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A female on a branch, rocked by the wind Sceaux, Île-de-France, France
Robert Mouchard 17 October 2009 16 weeks ago 54 sec 4.2 -
eating bird. Kleine Praambult, Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (ssp tinnunculus)
Daniêl Jimenez 21 February 2010 5 weeks ago 1 min 43 sec 4 -
a juvenile just for its second flight to return to its nest De Glind, Barneveld, Gelderland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
wout van den brink 30 June 2009 22 weeks ago 31 sec 4 -
Juveniles at the nest looking around Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 10 June 2006 1 year ago 30 sec 4 -
male and female feeding chicks in a trunk hole Sceaux, Île-de-France, France
Robert Mouchard 3 June 2007 36 weeks ago 30 sec 3.9
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Male takes off Pivot Farm, Mukaynis, Qatar
John A Thompson 4 March 2010 20 weeks ago 4.7 -
Kestrel with prey Netherlands
Rob Belterman 16 August 2008 15 weeks ago 4.6 -
hovering kestrel. Turkey
ziva 14 December 2009 24 weeks ago 4.6 -
Female Al Ruwais, Qatar
John A Thompson 5 March 2010 20 weeks ago 4.6 -
A common kestrel. Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
juan 4 July 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Common Kestrel Bangalore Rural, Karnataka, India
Subramanya_CK 19 October 2009 34 weeks ago 4.4
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Typical calls, here in flight. Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
(ssp tinnunculus)
Julien Rochefort 18 October 2007 33 weeks ago 4
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