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1. At the top in light yellow, the species' name is shown together with, when applicable, its IUCN code (click on the code and you will be redirected to IUCN's webpage with detailed information about this threatened species) and, if you have ticked the species, a green tick to the right
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American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
  Linnaeus, 1758
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Greater Kestrel
Falco rupicoloides
  Fox Kestrel
Falco alopex
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Taxonomy and Distribution

Taxa

 American Kestrel Falco sparverius (1947)
 
 
Polytypic Group: American Kestrel (Northern): sparverius
 sparveriusNorth America (Alaska to Newfoundland, south to w Mexico)
 paulusCoastal s US to Florida
 peninsularisW Mexico (s Baja California, Sonora and Sinaloa)
 tropicalisS Mexico to n Honduras
 nicaraguensisSavanna of Honduras and Nicaragua
 
Monotypic Group: American Kestrel (Eastern Caribbean): caribaearum
 caribaearumWest Indies (Puerto Rico to Grenada)
 
Monotypic Group: American Kestrel (Hispaniolan): dominicensis
 dominicensisHispaniola
 
Monotypic Group: American Kestrel (Cuban): sparveroides
 sparveroidesBahamas, Cuba and Isle of Pines
 
Polytypic Group: American Kestrel (South American): cinnamonimus
 brevipennisNetherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire)
 ochraceusMountains of e Colombia and nw Venezuela
 caucaeMountains of w Colombia
 isabellinusVenezuela to n Brazil
 aequatorialisSubtropical n Ecuador
 peruvianusSubtropical sw Ecuador, Peru and n Chile
 cinnamonimusSE Peru, Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego
 cearaeTablelands of ne Brazil to e Bolivia
 
Monotypic Group: American Kestrel (Juan Fernandez): fernandensis
 fernandensisRobinson Crusoe I. (Juan Fernández Islands off Chile)


References

  • Falco sparverius: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  • Falco sparverius: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2011. The Clements checklist of birds of the world
  • Falco sparverius: Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). 2013. IOC World Bird Names (v 3.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 2013-02-04]
  • Falco sparverius: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ [Accessed 2012-11-19]
  • Falco sparverius: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  • Falco sparverius: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird Names (v 2.11). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  • van Perlo, Ber: A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil; Oxford University Press, October 9, 2009; ISBN:0-195-30155-2
  • Svensson, L.: Birds of Europe; Princeton Field Guides, February 1, 2010; ISBN:0-691-14392-7
  • Garrigues, R. and Dean, R.: Birds of Costa Rica; Christopher Helm, 2007; ISBN:0-801-47373-X
  • S.N.G. Howell and S. Webb: A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America; Oxford University Press, April 1995; ISBN:0-198-54012-4