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Common Kestrel (Torenvalk)




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Common Kestrel (Eurasian Kestrel) - Falco tinnunculus - Torenvalk
Eurasia and North- and East-Africa.

The following 11 subspecies are being recognized:
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus - Europe and Northwest-Africa to Siberia. Winters to East-Africa and South-Asia;
Falco tinnunculus perpallidus - Northeast-Siberia to Northeast-China and Korea. Winters to East- and Southeast-Asia;
Falco tinnunculus interstinctus - Himalayas to Japan and Indochina. Winters to East- and South-Asia and Philippines;
Falco tinnunculus objurgatus - South-India and Sri Lanka;
Falco tinnunculus canariensis - Madeira and West-Canary Islands;
Falco tinnunculus dacotiae - East-Canary Islands;
Falco tinnunculus neglectus - North-Cape Verde Islands;
Falco tinnunculus alexandri - South-Cape Verde Islands;
Falco tinnunculus rupicolaeformis - Northeast-Africa and Arabia;
Falco tinnunculus archeri - Socotra Island, Somalia and Northeast-Kenya;
Falco tinnunculus rufescens - West-Africa to Ethiopia south to North-Angola and Tanzania.

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


Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus
Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus
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