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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 American Kestrel is the smallest bird of prey, and it's a member of the falcon family. They're found all over North America, and their diet consists largely of insects like grasshoppers. They ...
The American kestrel is the only New World species termed "kestrel". The molecular data of Groombridge [ 1 ] as well as morphological peculiarities (like grey wings in males and a black ear-spot) and biogeography , strongly support the view that this species, among the Falco falcons, is not a kestrel at all in the phylogenetic sense but perhaps ...
A study of mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data of some kestrels [17] identified a clade containing the common kestrel and related "malar-striped" species, to the exclusion of such taxa as the greater kestrel (which lacks a malar stripe), the lesser kestrel (which is very similar to the common, but also has no malar stripe), and the American ...
American kestrel. Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae. Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey, notably the falcons and caracaras. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons. Crested caracara, Caracara plancus (A) American kestrel, Falco sparverius; Merlin, Falco columbarius
American Kestral. Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey, notably the falcons and caracaras. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons. Crested caracara, Caracara plancus; American kestrel, Falco sparverius; Merlin, Falco columbarius; Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
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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]