Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens] (Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens])

Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens]

Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens] (= 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:
B3E63F11AF0F7C93

Avibase ID:
avibase-B3E63F11

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B3E63F11

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175621

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 rupicolaeformis: northeastern Africa and Arabia
Falco tinnunculus interstinctus: Tibet to China and Japan; winters to India, Malaya, and Philippines
Falco tinnunculus perpallidus: breeds eastern Siberia (east from the Lena Basin) to Korea and northern China; in winter to eastern China and southeastern Asia
Falco tinnunculus objurgatus: southern India (Western and Eastern Ghats) and Sri Lanka
Falco tinnunculus archeri: Somalia, coastal Kenya, and Socotra
Falco tinnunculus dacotiae: eastern Canary Islands
Falco tinnunculus rufescens: West Africa to Ethiopia, Tanzania, and northern Angola
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens]
French:
Faucon crécerelle [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens] ( Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens] ( Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens] ( Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens] ( Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens] ( Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens] ( Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens] ( Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens] ( Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Falco tinnunculus

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Rooivalk
Arabic: العوسق
Azerbaijani: Adi muymulu
Belarusian: Сокал-пустальга
Bulgarian: Черношипа ветрушка
Breton: Ar falc'hun logod
Catalan: Xoriguer comú
Catalan (Balears): Xoriguer
Valencian: Xoriguer petit
Czech: poštolka obecná
Welsh: Cudyll coch
Danish: Tårnfalk, Tårnfalk (Eurasisk)
German: Turmfalke, Turmfalke [tinnunculus Gruppe]
Greek: Βραχοκιρκίνεζο
English: Common Kestrel [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens], Eurasian Kestrel (Eurasian)
English (United Kingdom): Common Kestrel (Common)
English (IOC): Common Kestrel (Common)
English (Kenya): Common Kestrel (Eurasian)
Esperanto: Turfalko
Spanish: Cernícalo Vulgar, Cernícalo Vulgar (grupo tinnunculus)
Spanish (Spain): Cernícalo Vulgar (Grupo tinnunculus)
Estonian: Tuuletallaja
Basque: Belatz
Finnish: tuulihaukka
Faroese: Grýtissmyril
French: Faucon crécerelle, Faucon crécerelle (Eurasie), Faucon crécerelle [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens], Faucon crécerelle [tinnunculus]
Frisian: reade wikel
Irish: Pocaire Gaoithe
Gaelic: Clamhan Ruadh
Manx: Stannoir Ruy
Hebrew: בז מצוי, בז מצוי (אירואסייתי)
Croatian: Vjetruša, Vjetruša (euroazijska)
Hungarian: Vörös vércse, Vörös vércse [tinnunculus csoport]
Armenian: Սովորական Հողմավար Բազե
Indonesian: Alap-alap
Icelandic: Turnfálki
Italian: Gheppio comune
Japanese (romaji): chougenbou, chougenbou (tinnunculus guru-pu)
Japanese: チョウゲンボウ, チョウゲンボウ (tinnunculus グループ)
Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი კირკიტა
Khakas: Кöйкенек
Kazakh: Кәдімгі күйкентай
Korean: 황조롱이
Cornish: Tygry
Scientific: Falco tinnunculus, Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus Group], Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus, dacotiae, rufescens], Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus
Lithuanian: pelesakalis
Latvian: lauka piekuns, Lauku piekūns (tinnunculus)
Macedonian: Обична (Црнонокна) ветрушка
Mongolian: Начин шонхор
Malay: Helang Kestrel
Maltese: Spanjulett
Dutch: Torenvalk, Torenvalk (tinnunculus groep)
Norwegian: Tårnfalk, tårnfalk (tinnunculus gr.)
Polish: pustulka zwyczajna
Portuguese: Peneireiro-vulgar
Portuguese (Brazil): peneireiro-de-dorso-malhado [grupo tinnunculus]
Portuguese (Portugal): Peneireiro-de-dorso-malhado [grupo tinnunculus]
Romansh: crivel
Romanian: vânturel rosu
Russian: Обыкновенная пустельга, Обыкновенная пустельга [группа tinnunculus]
Sardinian: Spradderi
Scots: Clamhan ruadh
Northern Sami: Bieggafálli
Slovak: sokol myšiar
Slovenian: navadna postovka
Albanian: Skifteri kthetrazi
Serbian: obična vjetruška
Swedish: Tornfalk, tornfalk [tinnunculus Group]
Swahili: Kozi Kichwa-kijivu
Thai: เหยี่ยวเคสเตรล
Turkmen: kerkenez
Turkish: Kerkenez, Kerkenez [tinnunculus Grubu]
Tuvinian: Астынар шаңгыр
Ukrainian: Боривiтер звичайний [група tinnunculus], Боривітер звичайний
Vietnamese: Cắt lưng hung
Chinese: 红隼, 红隼（欧亚）
Chinese (Traditional): 紅隼(歐亞)
Chinese (Taiwan): 紅隼