Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (slash)

Your sightings

Related taxa

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none Avibase taxonomic concepts (current) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.?) eBird version 1.50 (v.?) eBird version 1.52 (v.?) eBird version 1.53 (v.?) eBird version 1.54 (v.?) eBird version 1.55 (v.?) eBird version 2015 (v.?) eBird version 2016 (v.?) eBird version 2017 (v.?) eBird version 2018 (v.?) eBird version 2019 (v.?) eBird version 2021 (v.?) eBird version 2022 (v.?) eBird version 2023 (v.?) eBird version 2024 (v.?) eBird version 2025 (v.?)

Other related concepts

• Falco naumanni (taxon group)
• Falco [tinnunculus, neglectus or alexandri] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Kleinrooi/Kransvalk
Arabic: عويسق/ عوسق
Asturian: Peñerina pequeña/común
Azerbaijani: Çöl/Adi muymul
Bulgarian: Белошипа/Черношипа ветрушка
Bengali: হকমস্ট্রর
Bengali (transliteration): kēsṭrēla
Catalan: Xoriguer petit/comú
Czech: poštolka jižní/obecná
Danish: Lille Tårnfalk/Tårnfalk
German: Rötel-/Turmfalke
Greek: Κιρκινέζι/Βραχοκιρκίνεζο
English: Lesser or Common Kestrel, Lesser or Eurasian Kestrel, Lesser/Common Kestrel, Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
[ENAV]: Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
English (United Kingdom): Lesser/Common Kestrel
English, HBW: Lesser/Common Kestrel
[ENHK]: Lesser/Common Kestrel
English (IOC): Lesser/Common Kestrel
English (Kenya): Lesser/Common Kestrel
English (United States): Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Spanish: Cernícalo Primilla/Vulgar
Spanish (Spain): Cernícalo Primilla/Vulgar
Spanish (HBW): Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Estonian: stepi-tuuletallaja/tuuletallaja
Basque: Naumann belatza/belatz gorria
Persian: دلیجه کوچک / دلیجه معمولی
Finnish: pikkutuulihaukka / tuulihaukka
French: Faucon crécerellette ou F. crécerelle
French (Guyane): Faucon crécerellette ou F. crécerelle
Galician: Lagarteiro das torres/común
Hebrew: בז אדום/בז מצוי
Croatian: Bjelonokta ili (obična) vjetruša
Hungarian: Fehérkarmú/Vörös vércse
Armenian: Տափաստանային հողմավար բազե/Սովորական հողմավար բազե
Icelandic: Klið-/turnfálki
Italian: Grillaio/Gheppio
Japanese (romaji): himechougenbou/chougenbou
Japanese: ヒメチョウゲンボウ/チョウゲンボウ
Scientific: Falco [naumanni or tinnunculus], Falco naumanni/tinnunculus
Lithuanian: Stepinis/Paprastasis pelėsakalis
Malayalam: ചെറുവിറയൻപുള്ള്/വിറയൻപുള്ള്
Mongolian: Зээрд шонхор/Начин шонхор, Зээрд/Начин шонхор
Nepali: सानो बौँडाइ / बौँडाइ
Dutch: Kleine Torenvalk/Torenvalk
Norwegian: rødfalk/tårnfalk
Polish: pustułeczka/pustułka
[PTAO]: Francelho-das-torres/Peneireiro-vulgar-europeu
Portuguese (Madeira): Francelho-das-torres/Francelho
Portuguese (Portugal): Francelho/Peneireiro-de-dorso-malhado, peneireiro-das-torres/peneireiro-de-dorso-malhado
Romanian: Vânturel mic/roșu
Russian: Степная пустельга/Пустельга
Slovak: sokol bielopazúravý/myšiar (pustovka)
Slovenian: Južna postovka/Postovka
Albanian: Skifteri kthetraverdhë/Skifteri kthetrazi
Serbian: Belonokta vetruška/vetruška
Swedish: rödfalk/tornfalk
Tajik: чарғ, چزغ
Thai: เหยี่ยวเคสเตรล/เหยี่ยวเคสเตรลปีกสีเรียบ
Turkish: Küçük kerkenez/Kerkenez, küçük/adi kerkenez
Ukrainian: Боривітер степовий/звичайний
Chinese: 黄爪隼/红隼
Chinese (Traditional): 黃爪隼/紅隼, 黄爪隼/红隼