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 3 years ago 18 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a branch, defecating and flying away Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 11 December 2002 7 years ago 30 sec 3.7 -
adult flying, occasionally calling Locality Adamawa Escarpment, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 19 March 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 3.6
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Adult perched
Locality Poli, North Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 1 March 2012 51 weeks ago 3.9 -
Perched on a snag.
Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 30 October 2011 1 year ago 3.3 -
An adult in flight.
Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 7 February 2009 16 weeks ago 3 -
An adult perched on top of a tree.
Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 7 February 2009 16 weeks ago 3 -
High in a dead tree
Locality Juba, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan
Smoghead 2 September 2012 20 weeks ago 3 -
Perched in tree
Locality Adi Keyh, Southern Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 11 November 2008 2 years ago 3
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