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Falco cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 Family: Falconidae Order: Falconiformes Back
Australian kestrel Graubartfalke Crécerelle d'Australie Cernícalo australiano
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL CITES II (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: partial intracomtinental

Falco cenchroides

Resident and partly migratory populations; many pairs sedentary in temperate regions. Birds breeding at high latitudes and altitudes tend to winter in coastal and lowland areas; many migrate N, some (mostly females) reaching New Guinea and Indonesia, W to Java and N to Moluccas. Also irruptive movements to arid regions after good rains and to local plagues of prey species.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Oceania, South & Southeast Asia
Recommended link: http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/priors/nankeen.htm
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

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