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Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 Family: Falconidae Order: Falconiformes Back
American kestrel Buntfalke Crécerelle d'Amérique Cernical americano
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL CITES II (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: partial intracontinental, leap-frog migration

Falco sparverius

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, occuring S to at least Panama. Movement over water also occurs with birds from North America moving to Carribean islands. Males tend to winter farther from areas than females. Vagrant to Falkland Is, with some birds overwintering.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Caribbean Islands, Mesoamerica, North America, South America
Recommended link: http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/priors/amkest.htm
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

Populations