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Common Kestrel Dutch name: Torenvalk Common Kestrel,Falco tinnunculus Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Common Kestrel

Dutch name: Torenvalk

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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 Joost Thissen
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By Joost Thissen

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Uploaded Mar 17, 2013. Captured Oct 26, 2012 14:45.
  • NIKON D60
  • f/4.8
  • 10/5000s
  • ISO220
  • 90mm