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American Kestrel [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus]
Falco sparverius [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus] (= Falco sparverius sparverius) Linnaeus, C 1758
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Falconiformes
Family:
Falconidae
Genus:
Falco
Scientific:
Falco sparverius sparverius
Classification
Order:Falconiformes
Family:
Falconidae
Genus:
Falco
Scientific:
Falco sparverius sparverius
Original description
Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.90
Protonym:
Falco sparverius
Type locality:
America = South Carolina ex Catesby.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/107/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
1976A6C0794DB636
Avibase ID:
avibase-1976A6C0
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1976A6C0
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175623
Geographic range:
- Falco sparverius sparverius: North America (Alaska to Newfoundland, southward to western Mexico)
- Falco sparverius peninsularis: western Mexico (southern Baja California, Sonora, and Sinaloa)
- Falco sparverius tropicalis: southern Mexico to northern Honduras
- Falco sparverius nicaraguensis: savanna of Honduras and Nicaragua
- Falco sparverius paulus: coastal southern USA to Florida
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Source: Clements checklist
American Kestrel [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus]
French:
Crécerelle d'Amérique [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis ou paulus]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): American Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Sparrow Hawk ( Cerchneis sparveria) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): American Kestrel [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus] ( Falco sparverius [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): American Kestrel [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus] ( Falco sparverius [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): American Kestrel [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus] ( Falco sparverius [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): American Kestrel [Northern] ( Falco sparverius [sparverius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): American Kestrel [Northern] ( Falco sparverius [sparverius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): American Kestrel [Northern] ( Falco sparverius [sparverius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): American Kestrel [Northern] ( Falco sparverius [sparverius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): American Kestrel [Northern] ( Falco sparverius [sparverius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): American Kestrel [Northern] ( Falco sparverius [sparverius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): American Kestrel [Northern] ( Falco sparverius [sparverius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): American Kestrel [Northern] ( Falco sparverius [sparverius]) |
| eBird version 1.50: American Kestrel (Northern) ( Falco sparverius [sparverius Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: American Kestrel (Northern) ( Falco sparverius [sparverius Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: American Kestrel (Northern) ( Falco sparverius [sparverius Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: American Kestrel (Northern) ( Falco sparverius [sparverius Group]) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Falco sparverius [sparverius]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Американска ветрушка
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): gli-gli
Czech: poštolka pestrá
Welsh: Cudyll coch America
Danish: Amerikansk Tårnfalk
German: Buntfalke
English: American Kestrel (Northern), American Kestrel [Northern], American Kestrel [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus], American Sparrow Hawk, Sparrow Hawk
Esperanto: Amerika turfalko
Spanish: Cernícalo
Spanish (Argentine): Halconcito colorado
Spanish (Bolivia): Halconcito colorado
Spanish (Chile): Cernícalo
Spanish (Costa Rica): Cernícalo Americano
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Cuyaya
Spanish (Honduras): Lis lis
Spanish (Mexico): Cernícalo americano
Spanish (Paraguay): Halconcito
Spanish (Uruguay): Halconcito Común
Estonian: ameerika tuuletallaja
Finnish: amerikantuulihaukka
Faroese: Skartsmyril
French: Crécerelle d'Amérique (forme du Nord), Crécerelle d'Amérique (Nord), Crécerelle d'Amérique [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus], Crécerelle d'Amérique [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis ou paulus], Crécerelle d'Amérique [sparverius]
Guadeloupean Creole French: Gligli
Guarani: Kiri kiri'i
Haitian Creole French: Grigri Fran
Hebrew: בז אמריקאי
Icelandic: Skrúðfálki
Italian: Gheppio americano
Japanese (romaji): amerikachougembou
Japanese: アメリカチョウゲンボウ
Scientific: Cerchneis sparveria, Falco sparverius, Falco sparverius [sparverius Group], Falco sparverius [sparverius, peninsularis, tropicalis, nicaraguensis or paulus], Falco sparverius [sparverius], Falco sparverius sparverius
Lithuanian: Amerikinis pelėsakalis
Maltese: Spanjulett Amerikan
Dutch: Amerikaanse Torenvalk
Norwegian: Spurvefalk
Polish: pustulka amerykanska
Portuguese: Quiriquiri
Portuguese (Brazil): Quiriquiri
Russian: Пустельга воробьиная
Slovak: sokol pestrý
Slovenian: ameriška postovka
Swedish: Sparvfalk
Turkish: ala kerkenez
Chinese: 美洲隼
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