Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
Grey Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) - HBW 2, p. 262
French: Faucon ardoisé
German: Graufalke
Spanish: Cernícalo Pizarroso
Taxonomy: Falco Ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1823, Senegal.
Sometimes united in subgenus Dissodectes with other grey kestrels F. dickinsoni and F. zoniventris. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegambia E to Ethiopia and S through W Kenya and W Tanzania to Angola, N Zambia, N Namibia and NW Botswana.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair copulating. Locality Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 December 2005 7 years ago 50 sec 4.7 -
A bird in a dead tree. Locality Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 December 2005 6 years ago 28 sec 4.1 -
A bird preening. Locality Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 December 2005 6 years ago 52 sec 3.8 -
bird percching Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 4 October 2010 2 years ago 17 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a dead tree, alert. Locality Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 December 2005 6 years ago 41 sec 3.7 -
A bird on top of a branch, feeding on a prey Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
David Fisher 22 January 2006 6 years ago 31 sec 3.5
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A bird on a branch
Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Jean Hupperetz 7 December 2009 3 years ago 4 -
frontal view of perched bird
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana
Chris and Megan Perkins 21 February 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
A bird on a tree.
Locality Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 December 2005 3 years ago 2.8 -
Bird
Locality Negele Arsi, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 1 November 2009 2 years ago 2 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Dc.Owl 27 October 2007 4 years ago 2 -
Flying over Mandinaba, Gambia.
Locality Mandinaba, Western Division, The Gambia
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 25 October 2008 2 years ago 1.5
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