Species factsheet

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

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

Danish name: Amerikansk Tårnfalk

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Subspecies and Distribution

sparverius

Alaska and Canada through the USA to w Mexico

paulus

se USA

peninsularis

nw Mexico

tropicalis

s Mexico to n Honduras

nicaraguensis

nw Honduras, Nicaragua

sparverioides

Bahamas, Cuba

dominicensis

Hispaniola

caribaearum

Puerto Rico to Grenada (West Indies)

brevipennis

Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)

isabellinus

e Venezuela, the Guianas, n Brazil

ochraceus

e Colombia, nw Venezuela

caucae

w Colombia

aequatorialis

n Ecuador

peruvianus

sw Ecuador, Peru, n Chile

cinnamominus

se Peru to Paraguay and Tierra del Fuego

fernandensis

Alejandro Selkirk and Juan Fernandez Is. (Chile)

cearae

s Brazil

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