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Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Kransvalk, Rooivalk
Arabic: العوسق, العوسق شرياصة، ترمة شيانية
Asturian: Peñerina
Azerbaijani: Adi muymulu
Belarusian: Сокал-пустальга
Bulgarian: Керкенез, Черношипа ветрушка
Bengali: পাতি কেস্ট্রেল
Breton: Ar falc'hun logod, Gainèl
Catalan: Xoriguer, Xoriguer comú, Xoriguer petit
Catalan (Balears): Xoriguer
Valencian: Xoriguer petit
Czech: Poštolka, Poštolka obecná, poštolka obecná/jihoafrická
Welsh: Cudyll coch, Cudyll y gwynt, Curyll coch, Curyll y gwynt, Gellan goch, Y genlli goch
Danish: Tårnfalk
German: Rüttelfalke, Turm-/Felsenfalke, Turmfalke
Greek: Βραχοκιρκίνεζο
Greek (Cypriot): Κίτσης
English: Common Kestrel, Common Kestrel (sensu lato), Common, Lesser Cape Verde, Greater Cape Verde or South African Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel, Eurasian/Rock Kestrel, Kestrel, Old World Kestrel, Rock Kestrel
English (United Kingdom): Common/Rock Kestrel
English, HBW: Common Kestrel
English (IOC): Common/Rock Kestrel
English (Kenya): Common/Rock Kestrel
English (United States): Eurasian/Rock Kestrel
Esperanto: Turfalko
Spanish: Cernícalo Primilla, Cernícalo real, Cernicalo Vulgar, Cernícalo Vulgar, Cernícalo Vulgar/Africano
Spanish (Spain): Cernícalo Vulgar/Africano
Spanish (HBW): Eurasian/Rock Kestrel
Estonian: Tuuletallaja
Basque: Belatz, Belatz gorria, Xoriguer comú
Finnish: Tuulihaukka
Faroese: Grýtissmyril
French: Crécerelle des clochers, Crécerelle des rochers, Faucon crécerelle, Faucon crécerelle ou F. sud-africain, Faucon crécerelle, C. négligée ou C. d'Alexander, Faucon crécerelle, Crécerelle des rochers, C. négligée ou C. d'Alexander, Faucon crécerellette
Frisian: Reade Wikel
Irish: Pocaire Gaoithe, Seabhac buidhe
Gaelic: Clamhan Ruadh
Galician: Lagarteiro, peneireiro común, Xoriguer comú
Manx: Stannair ruy, Stannoir Ruy
Hebrew: בז מצוי
Croatian: Vjetruša, Vjetruša kliktavka
Hungarian: Vörös vércse, Vöros vércse/Falco tinnunculus ruicolus
Armenian: [Sovorakan Hoghmavar Baze ], Սովորական Հողմավար Բազե
Indonesian: Alap-alap, Alapalap Erasia, Alap-alap erasia, Burung Alap-alap Erasia
Icelandic: Turnfálki
Italian: Gheppio, Gheppio comune
Japanese (romaji): Chogen bo, chōgenbō, Choogenboo, chougembou, Chougenbou, chougenbou/minamiafurikachougenbou, Ma-guso-daka
Japanese: チョウゲンボウ, チョウゲンボウ/ミナミアフリカチョウゲンボウ, マグソダカ
Japanese (Kanji): 真糞鷹, 長元坊
Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი კირკიტა
Khakas: Кöйкенек
Kazakh: Кәдімгі күйкентай
Kazakh (Transliteration): kädimgi küykentay
Korean: 황조롱이
Korean (Transliteration): hwang-jorongi
Cornish: Tygry
Scientific: Cerchneis tinnunculus, Falco [tinnunculus, neglectus or alexandri], Falco [tinnunculus, neglectus, alexandri or rupicolus], Falco tinnuculus, Falco tinnunculus, Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus, Falco tinnunculus/rupicolus
Luxembourgish: Kréchel
Lithuanian: Paprastasis pelesakalis, Pelesakalis, Pelėsakalis
Latvian: Lauku piekūns
Macedonian: Ветрушка, Ветрушка црнонокта, Обична (Црнонокна) ветрушка
Malayalam: വിറയന്‍  പുള്ള്
Mongolian: Начин шонхор, Шонхор
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠨᠠᠴᠢᠨ ᠱᠣᠩᠬᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠱᠣᠩᠬᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Transliteration): nachiŋ shoŋkhor, shoŋkhor
Malay: Burung Falko Padang, Burung Falko Serani, Burung Helang Kestrel, Falko Serant, Helang Kestrel
Maltese: Spanjulett
Nepali: बाÄडाइ
Dutch: Torenvalk, Torenvalk/Rotsvalk
Norwegian: Tårnfalk, tårnfalk/klippefalk, Værhellar, Værstillar
Polish: pustulka, Pustułka, pustułka (zwyczajna), Pustułka zwyczajna, pustułka/pustułka skalna
Pinyin: chá sǔn, hóng sǔn, hóng yàozi, hóng yīng, hóng zhǔn, huáng yàn
Portuguese: peneireiro vulgar, Peneireiro- vulgar, Peneireiro-vulgar
Portuguese (Brazil): peneireiro-de-dorso-malhado
Portuguese (Madeira): Francelho/Peneireiro-africano
Portuguese (Portugal): peneireiro-de-dorso-malhado/peneireiro-africano
Romansh: Crivel
Romanian: Vânturel roşu
Russian: Обыкновенная пустельга, Пустельга обыкновенная, Пустельга/Скальная пустельга
Sardinian: Spradderi, Storillu, Storittu, Tilibriu, Tzrepedderi, Zerpedderi
Scots: Clamhan ruadh
Northern Sami: Bieggafálli
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Podu Kurulugoya
Slovak: Sokol myšiar, sokol myšiar (pustovka), sokol myšiar (pustovka)/savanový
Slovenian: navadna postovka, postovka
Albanian: Skifteri kthetra zi , Skifteri kthetrazi
Serbian: obicna vetruša, obicna vjetruška, obična vjetruška, Vetruška, Vetruška/kamenjarska vetruška, Ветрушка, Обична ветруша
Swedish: Tornfalk, tornfalk/klippfalk
Swahili: Kozi Kichwa-kijivu
Tamil: Sivappu Vallooru
Thai: เหยี่ยวเคสเตรล
Thai (Transliteration): yìaw kʰee-sà-trĕen
Turkmen: kerkenez
Turkish: Bayağı Kerkenez, Kerkenez, Kerkenez/Kaya kerkenezi, Кәдімгі күйкентай
Tuvinian: Астынар шаңгыр, Тенек-куш
Ukrainian: Боривітер звичайний , Звичайний боривiтер, Звичайний боривітер, Постiльга
Vietnamese: Cắt hung lưng, Cắt lưng hung, Chim Cắt lưng hung
Chinese: [hong sun], [hong zhun], 紅隼, 红 隼, 红隼, 红鹞子, 红鹰, 茶隼, 黄燕
Chinese (Traditional): 紅隼, 紅鷂子, 紅鷹, 茶隼, 茶鷹, 黃燕, 黄燕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 紅隼
Chinese (Taiwan): [hong zhun], 紅隼, 红隼