Fox Kestrel
Falco alopex - Crécerelle renard
Systematics
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Order:
Falconiformes
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Family:
Falconidés
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Genus:
Falco
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Species:
alopex
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 39 cm
- Wingspan: 76 à 88 cm.
- Weight: 250 à 300 g
Geographic range
Identification
Fox Kestrel (Falco alopex) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Crécerelle renard,
- Cernícalo zorruno,
- peneireiro-vulpino,
- Fuchsfalke,
- rókavércse,
- Vosvalk,
- Gheppio volpino,
- rävfalk,
- Revefalk,
- sokol lišací,
- poštolka rezavá,
- Rævefalk,
- isotuulihaukka,
- xoriguer guineuer,
- pustułka rdzawa,
- Лисья пустельга,
- キツネチョウゲンボウ,
- 大黄眼隼,
- 狐色隼,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Desert : Hot
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Birds of East Africa, C.A.W. Guggisberg
- Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands, Alan and Meg Kemp
- Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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