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American Kestrel / Falco sparverius LC
- Synonyms American Sparrow-Hawk, American Sparrow Hawk, Killy Hawk, Dixie Kestrel, Sparrow Hawk, Mouse Hawk, Rusty-crowned falcon
- Old latin name for bird Cerchneis sparveria, Falco sparvarius
American Kestrelbird sounds *
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Related species
Reunion Kestrel
Merlin
Black Falcon
Common Kestrel
Grey Kestrel
Lesser Kestrel
Eleonora's Falcon
Lanner Falcon
Where to see American Kestrel
- Breeding region Middle America, North America, South America
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Brazil
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- France
- Germany
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Malta
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Montserrat
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
American Kestrel subspecies (17)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falco sparverius aequatorialis | n Ecuador | - | No |
| Falco sparverius brevipennis | Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) | - | No |
| Falco sparverius caribaearum | Puerto Rico to Grenada (West Indies) | - | No |
| Falco sparverius caucae | w Colombia | - | No |
| Falco sparverius cearae | s Brazil | - | No |
| Falco sparverius cinnamominus | se Peru to Paraguay, se Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) and Tierra del Fuego | - | No |
| Falco sparverius dominicensis | Hispaniola | - | No |
| Falco sparverius fernandensis | Alejandro Selkirk and Juan Fernandez Is. (Chile) | - | No |
| Falco sparverius isabellinus | e Venezuela, the Guianas and n Brazil | - | No |
| Falco sparverius nicaraguensis | nw Honduras, Nicaragua | - | No |
| Falco sparverius ochraceus | e Colombia and nw Venezuela | - | No |
| Falco sparverius paulus | se USA | - | No |
| Falco sparverius peninsularis | nw Mexico | - | No |
| Falco sparverius peruvianus | sw Ecuador, Peru and n Chile | - | No |
| Falco sparverius sparverioides | Bahamas and Cuba | - | No |
| Falco sparverius sparverius | Alaska and Canada through the USA to w Mexico | to Panama | No |
| Falco sparverius tropicalis | s Mexico to n Honduras | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Amerikaanse toringvalk |
| Azerbaijani | Amerika muymulu |
| Basque | Belatz amerikar |
| Belarusian | Амерыканская пустальга |
| Bulgarian | Американска ветрушка |
| Catalan | xoriguer americà |
| Chinese | 美洲隼 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 美洲隼 |
| Cree | pîhpîkisîs, otsheepamosees |
| Croatian | američka vjetruša |
| Czech | poštolka vrabčí, poštolka pestrá |
| Danish | Amerikansk Tårnfalk |
| Dutch | Amerikaanse Torenvalk |
| Esperanto | Amerika turfalko |
| Estonian | ameerika tuuletallaja |
| Faroese | Skartsmyril |
| Finnish | amerikantuulihaukka |
| French | Faucon des moineaux, Crécerelle d'Amérique, Crécerelle d’Amérique, Faucon d'Amérique, Crécerelle des moineaux, Crécerelle américaine |
| Frisian | Amerikaanske wikel |
| Galician | Peneireiro americano |
| German | Sperlingsfalke, Buntfalke |
| Greek | Αμερικανικό Κιρκινέζι, Στρoυθoκιρκίvεζo |
| Guarani | Kiri kiri'i |
| Hebrew | בז אמריקני, בז אמריקאי |
| Hungarian | tarka vércse |
| Icelandic | Skrúðfálki |
| Irish | Pocaire Meiriceánach |
| Italian | Gheppio americano |
| Japanese | アメリカチョウゲンボウ |
| Kazakh | Америка күйкентайы |
| Latvian | raibais piekūns |
| Lithuanian | amerikinis pelėsakalis |
| Macedonian | Американска ветрушка |
| Maltese | Spanjulett Amerikan |
| Manx | Stannair ruy Americaanagh |
| Northern Sami | Amerihkábieggafálli |
| Norwegian | spurvefalk |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Sporvefalk |
| Polish | pustułka amerykańska, pustulka amerykanska |
| Portuguese | Gavião-quiriquiri, gavião-rapina, Quiriquiri, gavião-quiri-quiri, falcão-quiriquiri, gaviãozinho, Quiriquiri / Peneireiro-americano, peneireiro-americano |
| Romanian | Vânturel american |
| Russian | Воробьиная пустельга, Пустельга воробьиная, Пустельга американская, Американская пустельга |
| Serbian | Američka vetruška |
| Slovak | sokol pestrý |
| Slovenian | ameriška postovka |
| Spanish | cernícalo american, Cerniícal Americano, Cernícalo primito, Falcón Común, Halcón Común, Halconcito colorado, Cuyaya, Lis lis, Cernícalo, Cernícalo de Juan Fernández, Halconcito, Halconcito Común, Salnícalo, Cernícalo americano |
| Swedish | sparvfalk, Amerikansk tornfalk |
| Tatar | чыпчык торымтае |
| Turkish | Ala Kerkenez, Amerika Kerkenezı |
| Ukrainian | боривітер американський |
| Welsh | Cudyll coch America |