Common Kestrel with spread tail
To be able to brake sufficiently tail feathers of the kestrel are designed to be able to act as large 'brake flaps'. Other larger birds of prey don't need to have such braking capacity because they can use the weight of the larger prey to get rid of their momentum.
Dutch name: Torenvalk
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
By Joost Thissen
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Uploaded Mar 17, 2013. Captured Oct 26, 2012 13:14.
