Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Falco [neglectus or alexandri] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4 

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Other synonyms

German: Alexanderfalke
English: Alexander's Kestrel, eurasian kestrel, Greater Cape Verde Kestrel, Southern Cape Verde Common Kestrel
Estonian: kapverdi tuuletallaja
French: Crécerelle d'Alexander, Crécerelle du Cap-Vert du sud, Faucon crécerelle (d'Alexander), Grande Crécerelle du Cap-Vert
Italian: Gheppio di Alexander
Japanese (romaji): keapuberudechougenbou
Japanese: ケアプベルデチョウゲンボウ
Scientific: Falco alexandri, Falco tinnuculus alexandri, Falco tinnunculus alexandri
Slovak: sokol kapverdský