{"id":25428,"date":"2012-11-05T14:34:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:04","slug":"kestrel-falco-tinnunculus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/","title":{"rendered":"Kestrel Falco tinnunculus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America. But although it has colonized a few oceanic islands, vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Common Kestrel\u00a0<i>Falco\u00a0tinnunculus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-300-25428\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8426\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel_2.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel_2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8425\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel_1.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel_1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8424\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel_0.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2253\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-carrion-crow-21.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) &amp; Carrion Crow at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) &amp; Carrion Crow at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) &amp; Carrion Crow \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-carrion-crow-21.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) &amp; Carrion Crow <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2252\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-20.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-20.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2251\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-2.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2250\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-19.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-19.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2249\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-18.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-18.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2248\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-17.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-17.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2247\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-16.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-16.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2246\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-15.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-15.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2245\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-14.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-14.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2244\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-13.jpg\" title=\"Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria (14 Jun 2009)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria (14 Jun 2009)\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-13.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2243\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-12.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-12.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2242\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-11.jpg\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kestrel-falco-tinnunculus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-11.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n 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This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America. But although it has colonized a few oceanic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":828011,"parent":17615,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[2045,828],"class_list":["post-25428","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-falco-tinnunculus","tag-kestrel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25428\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}