Caracaras, Falcons
Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
- Family
- Caracaras, Falcons
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Weight
- 183 g
- Habitat
- Shrubland
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 117
