Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus or perpallidus] (Common Kestrel [tinnunculus or perpallidus])

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Common Kestrel [tinnunculus or perpallidus]

Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus or perpallidus] (= Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus) Linnaeus, C 1758

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Classification

Order:
  Falconiformes
Family:
  Falconidae
Genus:
   Falco
Scientific:
  Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.90

Protonym:
Falco Tinnunculus

Type locality:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 21.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/107/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
0AE85B713251B7FD

Avibase ID:
avibase-0AE85B71

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0AE85B71

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175620

Geographic range:

Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus: breeds from Europe, northwestern Africa, and the Middle East eastward to east-central Siberia, Afghanistan, and western and northern Pakistan east in the Himalayas to Nepal and Bhutan; in winter also to eastern Africa and southern Asia
Falco tinnunculus perpallidus: breeds eastern Siberia (east from the Lena Basin) to Korea and northern China; in winter to eastern China and southeastern Asia

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Common Kestrel [tinnunculus or perpallidus]
French:
Faucon crécerelle [tinnunculus ou perpallidus]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common Kestrel [tinnunculus or perpallidus] ( Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus or perpallidus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common Kestrel [tinnunculus or perpallidus] ( Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus or perpallidus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common Kestrel [tinnunculus or perpallidus] ( Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus or perpallidus])
Clements 5th edition (as published): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 6th edition: Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements, version 2015: Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements, version 2016: Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements, version 2017: Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements, version 2018: Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]
Clements, version 2019: Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus [version 4]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus]

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