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Kestrel Not 100% sure that this is a  rock kestrel, I shall have to check! Common Kestrel,Falco tinnunculus,Geotagged,South Africa,Summer,birds,raptors,south africa Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

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  Year-Round Range  Passage migrant  Winter Range
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About 10, see text
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''Falco rupicolus'' Daudin, 1800
''Falco tinnunculus interstictus''
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The common kestrel , also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. In the United Kingdom, where.. more

Similar species: Falcons And Caracaras
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Feb 25, 2013. Captured Feb 23, 2013 12:08 in N2, South Africa.
  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/166s
  • ISO400
  • 400mm