Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
Fox Kestrel (Falco alopex) - HBW 2, p. 262
French: Crécerelle renard
German: Fuchsfalke
Spanish: Cernícalo Zorruno
Taxonomy: Tinnunculus alopex Heuglin, 1861, Gallabat, Sudan.
Possibly forms superspecies with F. rupicoloides, but quite different in ecology and proportions. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegambia E through N Cameroon and Sudan to Red Sea coast of Ethiopia, S to NE Zaire, NW Kenya and NE Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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adult perched on pylon, preens briefly, then flies when a truck passes Locality Adamawa Escarpment, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 19 March 2009 2 years ago 18 sec 3 -
adult flying, occasionally calling Locality Adamawa Escarpment, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 19 March 2009 2 years ago 30 sec 3 -
A bird on a branch, defecating and flying away Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 11 December 2002 5 years ago 30 sec 2.8
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Perched in tree
Locality Adi Keyh, Southern Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 11 November 2008 1 year ago 3 -
A very long shot
Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 17 February 2009 1 year ago 1.9
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