American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Other Names Sparrow Hawk Description The American kestrel is a beautiful, robin-sized falcon.
American Kestrel
An American Kestrel perches at the top of a tree. These small, colorful falcons are fun to watch. They hunt for bugs and small rodents in the fields.
American kestrel Falco sparverius
Identification Tips:
Length: 8.5 inches Wingspan: 21 inches
Short, dark, hooked beak
Small, long-tailed hawk
Long, narrow, pointed wings
Gray crown
White cheeks
Two black mustache marks ...
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
The American Kestrel is possibly the most common New World falcon. It is found from Canada to Tierra del Fuego in almost all types of habitat.
American Kestrel
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American Kestrel
Relatives in same Genus
Aplomado Falcon (F. femoralis)
Prairie Falcon (F. mexicanus)
Peregrine Falcon (F. peregrinus)
Eurasian Kestrel (F. tinnunculus) ...
American Kestrel
Range:
North, Central, and South America; West Indies
Habitat:
Various habitats, including, forests, savannas, deserts, farmlands, urban areas
Conservation Status:
Common
Scientific Name:
Falco sparverius ...
American Kestrel
Great Sand Dunes National Park
05/08/11
American Kestrel eating lunch
An American Kestrel sits on to of a roof vent eating a small rodent.
American Kestrel Behaviour
Sep 8/05 at the siltation pond in Douglas Glen. A kestrel was flying over the pond, heading towards the river, when a gull, one of several hundred on the pond, gave chase.
The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) is a widespread bird across North America, Central America and much of South America.
Diet The American kestrel eats grasshoppers, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, dragonflies, butterflies, small mammals, sparrows and other small birds, reptiles and amphibians. It perches on trees and telephone poles looking for prey.
American Kestrel
(Falco sparverius)
Status: Year-round Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2011
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed ...
American Kestrel: Falco sparverius
Appearance:
As engaging a bird as you'll ever see, the kestrel is the smallest and most common of the falcons.
American Kestrels occur in a variety of habitats from sea level or below up to about 12,000 ft. in the Rockies.
The American Kestrel lays its 4 to 5 white eggs with brown blotches in a cavity that is either natural or man-made. They will use holes in trees and nest boxes. Both parents tend the eggs. The incubation period is about 30 days.
Further evidence that hawks kill only to satisfy their immediate food requirements (see Rough-legged Hawk) was provided by a tame, recently fed American Kestrel which on several occasions showed not the slightest interest in a live House Sparrow that ...
American kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Not only is the American kestrel one of the most abundant raptors in the Americas, but this diminutive bird of prey is also the only kestrel... More 26 Images 0 videos ...
American Kestrel - Falvo sparverius
Our smallest falcon, the American Kestrel weighs in at all of 4 oz., yet is a proficient predator of insects and small vertebrates, including rodents and birds.
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius (scientific)
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Lynx rufus (scientific) . Felis rufus (scientific) ...
American Kestrel Falco sparverius. Breeder. Common in winter, common to fairly common in spring and fall, and rare in summer in inland regions. In Gulf Coast region, common in winter and common to uncommon in spring and fall.
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius (scientific)
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus (scientific) ...
American Kestrel
.and Olive-throated Parakeet, Jamaican Tody, White-crowned Pigeon, Zenaida Dove, Loggerhead Kingbird, and both Red-billed Streamertail and Vervain Hummingbird.
American Kestrel
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Killdeer
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
American kestrels (Falco sparverius)
sharp-shinned hawks (Accipiter striatus)
Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii)
eastern screech owls (Otus asio)
gulls (Laridae)
common grackles (Quiscalus quiscula)
boat-tailed grackles (Quiscalus major) ...
The American Kestrel is commonly seen on roadside power lines, or in trees on the meridians between highways. It eats insects, small reptiles, and amphibians during the breeding season and more rodents and small birds during migration and winter.
The American Kestrel, also known inappropriately as the Sparrow Hawk and Killy Hawk, is a cavity nester, often using abandoned woodpecker holes in pines. It doesn't use feeders but may use a nest box.
Prairie falcon, American kestrel
CLASS: Aves (birds)
ORDER: Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey) ...
9 Middle Rocky Mountains 10 Wyoming Basin 11 Southern Rocky Mountains 12 Colorado Plateau 13 Rocky Mountain Piedmont 14 Great Plains 15 Black Hills Uplift 16 Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : American kestrels ...
Length is about 10 1/2" (about the size of an American Kestrel). It is also the only screech-owl (excluding the much smaller Flammulated Owl that is in the Otus family) with brown eyes (iris) - all other screech-owls having yellow eyes (iris).
House sparrows, European starlings, American kestrelsblack rat snakes, black racers, fire ants, domestic cats, black bears, and raccoons are predators of adults and chicks.
An adult Merlin has a wingspread of 23"and is slightly larger than its cousin the American Kestrel. They have been known to use a tree cavity for nesting (like a Kestrel) or take over an abandoned nest.
The smallest falcon is the American kestrel. It ranges in size
up to 10.5 inches long.
It is common in North America, even inhabiting cities, and feeds
principally on insects, but also on small birds, mammals, and reptiles.
Ravens are strong fliers that can hover in place like American kestrels or soar like a hawk. They may fly like stunt pilots at times, doing partial barrel-rolls in flight.
We saw American Kestrel and our first Andean Condor at this spot. We continued higher up the road and near the top had: Aplomado Falcon, Red-backed Hawk, Rufous-tailed Hawk.
THE AMERICAN SPARROW-HAWK.
[American Kestrel.]
FALCO SPARVERIUS, Linn.
[Falco sparverius.] ...
Prairie Falcon paler and more brown, has dark "armpits."
American Kestrel much smaller and has a double facial stripe.
Merlin smaller and slimmer, and has only a very weak facial stripe.
It is a member of the Falconid family, which also includes the American kestrel, merlin, prairie falcon and gyrfalcon.
During winter, often seen perched conspicuously at the tops of tall redwoods and eucalyptus trees or in rapid pursuit of Mourning Doves, House Finches, and other birds. .....Similar Species: American Kestrel ...
Falco subbuteo - Northern Hobby
Falco rusticolus - Gyrfalcon
Falco peregrinus - Peregrine Falcon
Falco biarmicus - Lanner Falcon
Falco concolor - Sooty Falcon
Falco sparverius - American Kestrel ...
The commonest and smallest American falcon is the American kestrel, or sparrow hawk, F. sparverius (related to the European kestrel). Others are the merlin, or pigeon hawk (related to the European merlin), and the prairie falcon.
When Marlow Stevens was 8 years old, a gust of wind knocked an American kestrel falcon from a tree on his parents' land in Ecuador. (more)
Rare birds ride storms into Florida. (more)
Appeal to fund owl census. (more) ...
 See also: Kestrel, Hawk, Sparrow, Woodpecker, Eagle
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