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Dickinson's Kestrel

Falco dickinsoni Sclater, PL 1864

Dickinson's kestrel is a bird of prey of southern and eastern Africa belonging to the falcon family Falconidae. It is named after John Dickinson, an English physician and missionary who collected the type specimen. It is also known as the white-rumped kestrel. Its closest relatives are the grey kestrel and banded kestrel and the three are sometimes placed in the subgenus Dissodectes. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Falconiformes
Family:
  Falconidae
Genus:
   Falco
Scientific:
  Falco dickinsoni


Original description

Citation:
  Sclater, PL 1864

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864, pt.2 p.248

Imprint year:
  1864

Protonym:
  Falco dickinsoni

Type locality:
  Chibasa, Shire River, Nyasaland.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90417#page/308/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  CA34C05A35728140

Avibase ID:
  avibase-CA34C05A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/CA34C05A


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175638

Geographic range:

  • Falco dickinsoni: palms and savanna of east-central and northeastern South Africa
English:
Dickinson's Kestrel
Catalan:
Xoriguer argentat
Czech:
poštolka Dickinsonova
Danish:
Palmefalk
German:
Schwarzrückenfalke
Spanish:
Cernícalo Dorsinegro
Spanish (Spain):
Cernícalo Dorsinegro
Finnish:
erakkotuulihaukka
French:
Faucon de Dickinson
Croatian:
bjeloglava vjetruša
Hungarian:
hamvasfejű vércse
Italian:
Gheppio di Dickinson
Japanese (romaji):
haigashirachougenbou
Japanese:
ハイガシラチョウゲンボウ
Lithuanian:
Juodnugaris sakalas
Dutch:
Dickinsons Torenvalk
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvitgumpfalk
Norwegian:
Hvitgumpfalk
Polish:
sokół białorzytny
Portuguese:
falcão-de-dickinson
Portuguese (Portugal):
peneireiro-de-dickinson
Russian:
Темноспинная пустельга
Slovak:
sokol tmavochrbtý
Serbian:
Dikinsonova vetruška
Swedish:
dickinsonfalk
Ukrainian:
Боривітер білоголовий
Chinese:
灰头隼
Chinese (Traditional):
灰頭隼


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Faucon de Dickinson ( Falco dickinsoni)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Falco dickinsoni
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Falco dickinsoni
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Dickinsongrysvalk, Dickinsonse Grysvalk
Azerbaijani: Dikinson muymulu
Catalan: Xoriguer argentat, Xoriguer de Dickinson
Czech: Poštolka Dickinsonova
Danish: Palmefalk
German: Schwarzrückenfalke
English: Dickinson's Kestrel, White-rumped Kestrel
English, HBW: Dickinson's Kestrel
English (IOC): Dickinson's Kestrel
English (Kenya): Dickinson's Kestrel
English (United States): Dickinson's Kestrel
Esperanto: Dikinsona falko
Spanish: Cernícalo de Dorso Negro, Cernícalo Dorsinegro
Spanish (Spain): Cernícalo Dorsinegro
Spanish (HBW): Dickinson's Kestrel
Estonian: kahkpea-tuuletallaja
Finnish: Erakkotuulihaukka
French: Crécerelle de Dickinson, Faucon de Dickinson
Croatian: bjeloglava vjetruša
Hungarian: hamvasfejű vércse
Italian: Gheppio di Dickinson, Gheppio di Dickison
Japanese (romaji): haigashirachougembou, haigashirachougenbou
Japanese: ハイガシラチョウゲンボウ
Kwangali: Tuyu
Scientific: Dissodectes dickinsoni, Falco dickinsoni
Lithuanian: Juodnugaris sakalas
Dutch: Dickinsons Torenvalk, Dickinson-torenvalk
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitgumpfalk
Norwegian: Hvitgumpfalk
Polish: pustulka bialorzytna, pustułka białorzytna, sokół białorzytny
Portuguese: Falcão de Dickinson, Falcão-de-dickinson
Portuguese (Portugal): peneireiro-de-dickinson
Russian: пустельга Дикинсона, Темноспинная пустельга, Черноспинная пустельга, Черноспинный сокол, Черноспинный чеглок
Slovak: sokol tmavochrbtý
Serbian: Dikinsonova vetruška
Swedish: dickinsonfalk, Dickinsons tornfalk
Swahili: Kozi Kiuno-cheupe
Turkish: Dickinson kerkenezi
Tatar: кара сыртлы лачын
Ukrainian: Боривітер білоголовий
Chinese: 灰头隼
Chinese (Traditional): 灰頭隼

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