Nankeen Kestrel

Falco cenchroides - Crécerelle d'Australie

Systematics

Order
:
Falconiformes
Family
:
Falconidés
Genus
:
Falco
Species
:
cenchroides

Descriptor

Vigors Horsfield, 1827

Biometrics

Size
: 35 cm
Wingspan
: 66 à 78 cm.
Weight
: 115 à 273 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Falco cenchroides cenchroides (Australia, Tasmania, Lord Howe Is., Norfolk Is.)
Falco cenchroides baru (Snow Mts.. wc New Guinea.)

Foreign names

Crécerelle d'Australie,
Cernícalo australiano,
peneireiro-australiano,
Graubartfalke,
ausztrál vércse,
Australische Torenvalk,
Gheppio australiano,
nankinfalk,
Australfalk,
sokol bledohlavý,
poštolka australská,
Australsk Tårnfalk,
australiantuulihaukka,
xoriguer australià,
pustułka australijska,
Седобородая пустельга,
Alap-alap layang,
オーストラリアチョウゲンボウ,
澳洲隼,
nankinfalk,
澳洲隼,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Temperate ; Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Temperate ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Urban Areas