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| Falco sparverius |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Family: Falconidae |
Order: Falconiformes |
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American kestrel |
Crécerelle d'Amérique |
Cernical americano |
Buntfalke |
| Migration: partial |
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intracontinental, leap-frog migration |
Resident or sedentary over most of range. Race sparverius, from Alaska, Canada and N USA, moves S in winter:
complex situation, but leap-frog migration suggested; birds from farthest N are longer range migrants; some
birds move c. 2700 km, occurring S to at least Panama. Movement over water also occurs with birds from North
America moving to Caribbean islands. Males tend to winter farther from areas than females. Vagrant to Falkland
Is, with some birds overwintering. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Caribbean Islands, Mesoamerica, North America, South America |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |