Falco sparverius
IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Falconiformes • Familia: FalconidaeCategory:Species of Falconidae#Falco%20sparverius • Genus: Falco • Species: Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758Category:Taxon galleries
- English: American Kestrel
- Aymar aru: K'ilik'ili
- català: Xoriguer americà
- čeština: Poštolka pestrá
- Deutsch: Buntfalke
- Esperanto: Amerika turfalko
- español: Cernícalo americano
- suomi: Amerikantuulihaukka
- français: Crécerelle d'Amérique
- magyar: Tarka vércse
- italiano: Gheppio americano
- 日本語: アメリカチョウゲンボウ
- Nederlands: Amerikaanse torenvalk
- polski: Pustułka amerykańska
- português: Falcão-americano
- Runa Simi: K'illichu
- русский: Воробьиная пустельга
- svenska: Sparvfalk
- українська: Американський боривітер
Photos
Falco sparverius sparverius
- Alaska and Canada through the USA (except southeast) to west Mexico
- Aransas NWR, Texas, USA
- near Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA
- Patagonia, Arizona
- San Luis Obispo, California, USA
- San Luis Obispo, California, USA
- San Luis Obispo, California, USA
- San Luis Obispo, California, USA
- Mojave Desert, California, USA
- Morro Bay, California, USA
- Los Osos, California, USA
- Los Osos, California, USA
- Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Fort Eustis, Virginia, USA
- Young in nest; Berry, Wisconsin, USA
- Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Morro Bay, California, USA
Falco sparverius paulus
- Southeast USA
- Key West, Florida, USA
- Bahia Honda State Park, Florida Keys, Florida, USA
- Vero Beach, Florida, USA
- Homestead, Miami, Florida, USA
Falco sparverius dominicensis
- Hispaniola, Jamaica
- Strawberry Hill, Jamaica
Falco sparverius sparverioides
- Bahamas, Cuba
- North Andros, Bahamas.jpg
- American Kestrel. Falco sparverius sparveroides - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg
- American Kestrel. Falco sparverius sparveroides - Flickr - gailhampshire (1).jpg
Falco sparverius tropicalis
Falco sparverius caribaearum
- Eastern Caribbean islands
- Antigua
- Antigua
Falco sparverius cearae
- Southern Brazil
- Piraju, São Paulo, Brazil
- Jau, São Paulo, Brazil
Falco sparverius cinnamominus
- Southern South America
- Ibera Marshes, Corrientes, Argentina
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Montevideo, Uruguay
Subspecies uncertain
- Colon, Panama (F. s. isabellinus or F. s. ochraceus)
Eggs
- Museum specimen - Rocamadour, Lot, France
Illustrations
- From Birds of Indiana, 1898
Falco sparverius
(common:
American Sparrowhawk)
Audubon Society
Educational Leaflet No. 10 ,
from Bird-Lore, Vol. 6 No.4.
