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| Falco tinnunculus |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Family: Falconidae |
Order: Falconiformes |
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Common kestrel |
Faucon crécerelle |
Cernícalo vulgar |
Turmfalke |
| Migration: partial |
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intercontinental |
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, 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: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West
& Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |