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Adult female in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Kestrel resting in an apple tree Illustration of Falco sparverius Linnaeus: American kestrel by Ann Lee painted between 1770 and 1800. The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is the smallest and most common falcon in North America.
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. In the United Kingdom, where no other kestrel species commonly occurs, it is generally just called "kestrel". [2]
Female in flight showing whitish talons Lesser kestrels mating. It is a small bird of prey, 27–33 cm (11–13 in) in length with a 63–72 cm (25–28 in) wingspan. It looks very much like the larger common kestrel but has proportionally shorter wings and tail. It shares a brown back and barred grey underparts with the larger species.
The term kestrel (from French: crécerelle, derivative from crécelle, i.e. ratchet) is the common name given to several species of predatory birds from the falcon genus Falco. Kestrels are most easily distinguished by their typical hunting behaviour which is to hover at a height of around 10–20 metres (35–65 ft) over open country and swoop ...
©Nature Picture/ via Getty Images. As a playful, active cat the Egyptian Mau loves being part of a family but can become territorial. Their build is small to medium but they have a natural ...
The nankeen kestrel is a species of the genus Falco, allied to a subgenus Tinnunculus.They were first described by Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827. Further descriptions — regarded as synonyms for the species — were published: Cerchneis immaculata Brehm, 1845; the later name Cerchneis unicolor by Alexander Milligan was published in Emu in 1904; and that author's name appearing ...
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In 1974 the Mauritius kestrel was close to extinction, with only five or, possibly, six known birds of which two in captivity and a solitary breeding female. In 1985, numbers were estimated to have increased slightly in the wild, but it remained critically endangered at fewer than 15 individuals.