Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a widespread winter visitor and local resident in India. Kestrels are diurnal and prefer an "open country" habitat found in fields, heaths, and marshland.
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
The Kestrel is the commonest daytime raptor in Europe. It is found throughout most of temperate and tropical Europe, Asia and Africa.
Common Kestrel
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Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus - Juvenile in flight from below
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Common Kestrel
Male
Chestnut brown upperparts, speckled breast, grey head and tail.
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.
male Common Kestrel in England.
Photograph by sannse. GNU Free Documentation License. (view image details)
EURASIAN KESTREL FACTS ...
The Common Kestrel, found in Europe, Asia, and Africa
The smaller Lesser Kestrel, found in southern Europe, India, and Mediterranean Africa
The American Kestrel, found in North America and South America ...
The Common Kestrel (F. tinnunculus) is widespread throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa, and even makes occasional appearances in North America.
The male Common Kestrel's upperside pattern is typical for true kestrels; compare to American Kestrel above.
Common Kestrel ( Falco tinnunculus )
Common Kiwi / Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx australis )
Common Linnet ( Carduelis cannabina )
Common Magpie ( Pica pica )
Common Rhea ( Rhea americana )
Common Starling / European Starling ( Sturnus vulgaris ) ...
* Common Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
* Dickinson's Kestrel, Falco dickinsoni
* Eleonora's Falcon, Falco eleonorae
* Eurasian Hobby, Falco subbuteo
* Fox Kestrel, Falco alopex
* Greater Kestrel, Falco rupicoloides ...
Falco tinnunculus - Common Kestrel (photo)
Falco vespertinus - Red-footed Falcon
Falco columbarius - Merlin
Falco subbuteo - Northern Hobby
Falco rusticolus - Gyrfalcon
Falco peregrinus - Peregrine Falcon ...
Another irregular guest that flashes through the garden from time to time is the Common Kestrel (family Falconidae - Falcons) hunting for a blackbird or some other small bird.
Despite once being nearly wiped out in the United Kingdom, today common buzzard populations are now thriving not only here but also across Europe, with the common buzzard being Europe's second most common raptor behind the common kestrel.
1) Dick Daniels at World of Birds 2) Dick near De Hoop, South Africa 3, 4) Dick at Eagle Encounters, South Africa
5) Sandy Cole near De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa
The Rock Kestrel is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Common Kestrel.
 See also: Kestrel, Falcon, Sparrow, Peregrine, Peregrine Falcon
  
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