Caracaras, Falcons
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
The American kestrel (Falco sparverius), is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. Formerly called "sparrowhawk", a misnomer as it is a true falcon and is unrelated genetically to the Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus. It has a roughly two-to-one range in size over subspecies and sex, varying in size from about the weight of a blue jay to a mourning dove.
- Family
- Caracaras, Falcons
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Weight
- 115 g
- Habitat
- Grassland
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 48
Photo: USFWS Mountain Prairie, PUBLIC DOMAIN via Wikimedia Commons
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