Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 Family: Falconidae Order: Falconiformes Back
Common kestrel Turmfalke Faucon crécerelle Cernícalo vulgar
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL CITES II (Europe: SPEC 3 threat status D)
Migration: partial intercontinental

Falco tinnunculus

Nominate race migratory in N and E of breeding range; sedentary or dispersive in rest of range, although partially migratory in C Europe and elsewhere at middle latitudes; large numbers of migrants cross to Africa, moving S to Angola and Zimbabwe. Race interstinctus migratory in most of range, wintering in coastal China, Korea and Japan, and S to India and Indochina. Other races sedentary or dispersive; juveniles generally dispersive, even in sedentary populations.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia
Recommended link: http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/priors/kestrel.htm
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

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