Species factsheet

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Order: Falco tinnunculus
Family: Caracaras, Falcons (Falconidae)

Danish name: Tårnfalk

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Subspecies and Distribution

tinnunculus

Europe and nw Africa to Siberia

perpallidus

ne Siberia to ne China and Korea

interstinctus

Himalayas to Japan and Indochina

objurgatus

s India, Sri Lanka

canariensis

Madeira and w Canary Is.

dacotiae

e Canary Is.

neglectus

n Cape Verde Is.

alexandri

s Cape Verde Is.

rupicolaeformis

ne Africa and Arabia

archeri

Socotra I., Somalia, ne Kenya

rufescens

West Africa to Ethiopia south to n Angola and Tanzania

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