Back

European Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus

Classification

Class
Aves

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 the "kestrel". This species occurs over a large native range.

Distribution

(c) Duarte Frade, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Duarte Frade · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 658Netherlands · 224United Kingdom · 78Belgium · 19Luxembourg · 7