American Kestrel bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsKilly Hawk, American Sparrow Hawk, Dixie Kestrel, Rusty-crowned falcon, Sparrow Hawk, Mouse Hawk, American Sparrow-Hawk
Old latin name for birdCerchneis sparveria, Falco sparvarius
OrderFalcons / Falconiformes
FamilyCaracaras, Falcons / Falconidae
GenusFalco
Breeding regionMiddle America, North America, South America
Breeding subregionwidespread

American Kestrel bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Greg Irving
    United States
  • 2.
    Call, © Richard E. Webster
    Mexico
  • 3.
    Song, © Orlando Jarquín G.
    Honduras
  • 4.
    Alarm call, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
  • 5.
    Call, © Jonathon Jongsma
    United States
  • 6.
    Call, © Matthias Feuersenger
    United States
  • 7.
    Begging call, call, juvenile, © Brian Sullivan
    United States
  • 8.
    Flight call, © Paul Marvin
    United States
  • 9.
    Flight call, © Paul Marvin
    United States
  • 10.
    Call, © Jonathon Jongsma
    United States
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see American Kestrel

American Kestrel subspecies (17)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Falco sparverius aequatorialisn Ecuador-No
Falco sparverius brevipennisAruba, Curaçao, Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)-No
Falco sparverius caribaearumPuerto Rico to Grenada (West Indies)-No
Falco sparverius caucaew Colombia-No
Falco sparverius cearaes Brazil-No
Falco sparverius cinnamominusse Peru to Paraguay, se Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) and Tierra del Fuego-No
Falco sparverius dominicensisHispaniola-No
Falco sparverius fernandensisAlejandro Selkirk and Juan Fernandez Is. (Chile)-No
Falco sparverius isabellinuse Venezuela, the Guianas and n Brazil-No
Falco sparverius nicaraguensisnw Honduras, Nicaragua-No
Falco sparverius ochraceuse Colombia and nw Venezuela-No
Falco sparverius paulusse USA-No
Falco sparverius peninsularisnw Mexico-No
Falco sparverius peruvianussw Ecuador, Peru and n Chile-No
Falco sparverius sparverioidesBahamas and Cuba-No
Falco sparverius sparveriusAlaska and Canada through the USA to w Mexicoto PanamaNo
Falco sparverius tropicaliss Mexico to n Honduras-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansAmerikaanse toringvalk
AzerbaijaniAmerika muymulu
BasqueBelatz amerikar
BelarusianАмерыканская пустальга
BulgarianАмериканска ветрушка
Catalanxoriguer americà
Chinese美洲隼
Chinese (Traditional)美洲隼
Creepîhpîkisîs, otsheepamosees
Croatianamerička vjetruša
Czechpoštolka pestrá, poštolka vrabčí
DanishAmerikansk Tårnfalk
DutchAmerikaanse Torenvalk
EsperantoAmerika turfalko
Estonianameerika tuuletallaja
FaroeseSkartsmyril
Finnishamerikantuulihaukka
FrenchCrécerelle d'Amérique, Crécerelle d’Amérique, Faucon des moineaux, Crécerelle des moineaux, Faucon d'Amérique, Crécerelle américaine
FrisianAmerikaanske wikel
GalicianPeneireiro americano
GermanSperlingsfalke, Buntfalke
GreekΑμερικανικό Κιρκινέζι, Στρoυθoκιρκίvεζo
GuaraniKiri kiri'i
Hebrewבז אמריקאי, בז אמריקני
Hungariantarka vércse
IcelandicSkrúðfálki
IrishPocaire Meiriceánach
ItalianGheppio americano
Japaneseアメリカチョウゲンボウ
KazakhАмерика күйкентайы
Latvianraibais piekūns
Lithuanianamerikinis pelėsakalis
MacedonianАмериканска ветрушка
MalteseSpanjulett Amerikan
ManxStannair ruy Americaanagh
Northern SamiAmerihkábieggafálli
Norwegianspurvefalk, Spurvefalk
Norwegian NynorskSporvefalk
Polishpustułka amerykańska, pustulka amerykanska
Portuguesepeneireiro-americano, quiriquiri / peneireiro-americano, gavião-rapina, Quiriquiri, Gavião-quiriquiri, gavião-quiri-quiri, falcão-quiriquiri, gaviãozinho
RomanianVânturel american
RussianВоробьиная пустельга, Американская пустельга, Пустельга воробьиная, Пустельга американская
SerbianAmerička vetruška
Slovaksokol pestrý
Slovenianameriška postovka
SpanishHalconcito colorado, cernícalo american, Cernícalo de Juan Fernández, Halcón Común, Halconcito, Falcón Común, Cernícalo primito, Cerniícal Americano, Salnícalo, Halconcito Común, Cernícalo americano, Cernícalo, Lis lis, Cuyaya
SwedishAmerikansk tornfalk, sparvfalk
Tatarчыпчык торымтае
TurkishAmerika Kerkenezı, Ala Kerkenez
Ukrainianборивітер американський
WelshCudyll coch America