Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 89,284
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The common kestrel, 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".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common kestrel”.