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Tiny Troublemaker The Common Kestrel is a small bird of prey, very common in Europe. This one was actually sitting at my girlfriend's hand at the Oliemeulen reptile centre. Bird of prey,Birds,Common Kestrel,Falco tinnunculus,Oliemeulen Click/tap to enlarge

Tiny Troublemaker

The Common Kestrel is a small bird of prey, very common in Europe. This one was actually sitting at my girlfriend's hand at the Oliemeulen reptile centre.

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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 Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Mar 21, 2012. Captured Jan 15, 2012 13:09.
  • NIKON D7000
  • f/5.6
  • 1/60s
  • ISO160
  • 105mm