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American Kestrel (Amerikaanse Torenvalk)




American Kestrel - Falco sparverius - Amerikaanse Torenvalk
North-, Central- and South-America.

The following 17 subspecies are being recognized:
Falco sparverius sparverius - Alaska and Canada through the USA to West-Mexico. Winters to Panama;
Falco sparverius paulus - Southeast-USA;
Falco sparverius peninsularis - Northwest-Mexico;
Falco sparverius tropicalis - South-Mexico to North-Honduras;
Falco sparverius nicaraguensis - Northwest-Honduras and Nicaragua;
Falco sparverius sparverioides - Bahamas, Cuba;
Falco sparverius dominicensis - Hispaniola;
Falco sparverius caribaearum - Puerto Rico to Grenada (West-Indies);
Falco sparverius brevipennis - Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles);
Falco sparverius isabellinus - East-Venezuela, the Guianas, North-Brazil;
Falco sparverius ochraceus - East-Colombia, Northwest-Venezuela;
Falco sparverius caucae - West-Colombia;
Falco sparverius aequatorialis - North-Ecuador;
Falco sparverius peruvianus - Southwest-Ecuador, Peru, North-Chile;
Falco sparverius cinnamominus - Southeast-Peru to Paraguay, Southeast-Brazil and Tierra del Fuego;
Falco sparverius fernandensis - Alejandro Selkirk and Juan Fernandez Islands (Chile);
Falco sparverius cearae - South-Brazil.

Of this species there are also Zoo Photo's available.


American KestrelFalco sparverius ssp.
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius ssp.
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