- of the bird. The
species name
tinnunculus is
Latin for "kestrel" from "tinnulus", "shrill". The
Latin name
tinnunculus had been used by the
Swiss naturalist...
- The
American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is the
smallest and most
common falcon in
North America.
Though it has been
called the
American sparrowhawk, this...
- in
Australia and New
Guinea Common kestrel or
Eurasian kestrel,
Falco tinnunculus,
found in Europe, Asia, and
Africa Rock kestrel,
Falco rupicolus, found...
-
subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758
Species 38; see text.
Synonyms Aesalon Lithofalco Tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1766
Hierofalco Cuvier, 1817
Cerchneis Boie, 1826 Hypotriorchis...
- was
previously considered a
subspecies of the
common kestrel (Falco
tinnunculus). This
species occurs in Africa, from
northwestern Angola and southern...
-
torquatus (Boddaert, 1783) C. t.
occidentalis (Hargitt, 1889) C. t.
tinnunculus (Wagler, 1829)
BirdLife International's
Handbook of the
Birds of 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...
- from the kestrel's
binomial name, "Falco
tinnunculus",
which is
itself derived from the
Latin word
tinnunculus,
meaning "kestrel", from tinnulus, meaning...
- peregrinus),
Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) and
common kestrel (Falco
tinnunculus).
Slower raptors like
black and red
kites (Milvus
migrans & milvus),...
-
similar to
other small species of
Falco (such as the
common kestrel,
Falco tinnunculus)
except on (originally)
forested Mauritius where kestrels hunt arboreally...
