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Falco tinnunculus

(Faucon cr?cerelle)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Torenvalk

Common Names in English:

Common Kestrel, Eurasian falcon, Eurasian Kestrel, Kestrel

Common Names in Finnish:

tuulihaukka

Common Names in French:

Faucon cr?cerelle, faucon crëcerelle

Common Names in German:

Turmfalke

Common Names in Hebrew:

בז מצוי

Common Names in Italian:

Gheppio

Common Names in Japanese:

チョウゲンボウ

Common Names in Russian:

Пустельга обыкновенная

Common Names in Spanish:

CernÌcalo vulgar

Common Names in Swedish:

Tornfalk

Description

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Physical Description

Adult Female: Head : variegated white with brown Tail: alternating black and chestnut bands Shape : wedge-shaped.Adult Male: Head: gray Body: Back: russet with black spotting Tail: gray with white tip and broad black subterminal band Shape: wedge-shaped.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,869 meters (0 to 12,694 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

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Biology

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Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Falco

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 82 species and subspecies in this genus:

F. alopex (Lesser Kestrel) · F. amurensis (Eastern Redfooted Kestrel) · F. araea (Seychelles Kestrel) · F. araeus (Seychelles Kestrel) · F. ardosiaceus (Grey Kestrel) · F. berigora (Brown Falcon) · F. berigora berigora (Brown Falcon) · F. biarmicus (Lanner Falcon) · F. biarmicus biarmicus (Lanner Falcon) · F. cenchroides (Australian Kestrel) · F. cenchroides cenchroides (Australian Kestrel) · (Saker Falcon) · F. chicquera (Red-Headed Merlin) · F. chicquera chicquera (Red-Necked Falcon) · F. columbarius (Richardson's Pigeon Hawk) · F. columbarius aesalon (Merlin) · F. columbarius bendirei (Merlin) · F. columbarius columbarius (Merlin) · F. columbarius richardsoni (Merlin) · F. columbarius richardsonii (Merlin) · F. columbarius subaesalon (Merlin) · F. columbarius suckleyi (Black Merlin) · F. concolor (Sooty Falcon) · F. cuvierii (African Hobby Falcon) · F. deiroleucus (Orange-Breasted Falcon) · F. dickinsoni (Dickinson's Kestrel) · F. duboisi (Reunion Kestrel) · F. eleonorae (Eleonora's Falcon) · F. fasciinucha (Teita Falcon) · F. femoralis (Northern Aplomado Falcon) · F. femoralis femoralis (Aplomado Falcon) · F. femoralis septentrionalis (Aplomado Falcon) · F. hypoleucos (Grey Falcon) · F. jugger (Lagger Falcon) · F. longipennis (Australian Hobby) · F. longipennis longipennis (Australian Hobby) · F. mexicanus (American Lanner Falcon) · F. moluccensis (Moluccan Kestrel) · F. moluccensis moluccensis (Moluccan Kestrel) · F. naumanni (Lesser Kestrel) · F. naumanni naumanni (Lesser Kestrel) · F. newtoni (Madagascar Kestrel) · F. newtoni newtoni (Madagascan Kestrel) · F. novaeseelandiae (New Zealand Falcon) · F. novaezeelandiae (New Zealand Falcon) · F. pelegrinoides (Barbary Falcon) · F. pelegrinoides pelegrinoides (Barbary Falcon) · F. pereginus (Peregrine Falcon) · F. peregrinus (Eurasian Peregrine Falcon) · F. peregrinus anatum (American Peregrine Falcon) · F. peregrinus calidus (Peregrine Falcon) · F. peregrinus cassini (Peregrine Falcon) · F. peregrinus germanicus (Peregrine Falcon) · F. peregrinus harterti (Peregrine Falcon) · F. peregrinus pealei (Peale's Peregrine Falcon) · F. peregrinus peregrinus (Eurasian Peregrine Falcon) · F. peregrinus tundrius (Arctic Peregrine Falcon) · F. punctatus (Mauritius Kestrel) · F. rufigularis (Bat Falcon) · F. rufigularis rufigularis (Bat Falcon) · F. rupicoloides (Greater Kestrel) · F. rupicoloides rupicoloides (Greater Kestrel) · F. rusticolus (Asiatic Gyrfalcon) · F. rusticolus obsoletus (Gyrfalcon) · F. rusticolus rusticolis (Gyrfalcon) · F. rusticolus rusticolus (Asiatic Gyrfalcon) · F. rusticolus uralensis (Gyrfalcon) · F. severus (Oriental Hobby) · F. severus severus (Oriental Hobby) · F. sparverius (American Sparrow Hawk) · F. sparverius guadalupensis (American Kestrel) · F. sparverius paulus (American Kestrel) · F. sparverius peninsularis (American Kestrel) · F. sparverius sparverius (American Kestrel) · F. subbuteo (European Hobby) · F. subbuteo subbuteo (Northern Hobby) · F. subniger (Black Falcon) · F. tinnunculus (Eurasian Kestrel) · F. tinnunculus tinnunculus (Eurasian Kestrel) · F. vespertinus (Western Redfooted Kestrel) · F. vespertinus vespertinus (Western Redfooted Kestrel) · F. zoniventris (Madagascar-Banded Kestrel)

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 155.280 meters (509.449 feet), Standard Deviation = 574.830 based on 21,905 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 5/8/2012