Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>




















































Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Aves
- order
- Falconiformes
- family
- Falconidae
- genus
- Falco
- species
- Falco tinnunculus
Distribution
COR; FLO; FAI; PIC; GRA; TER; SMG; SMR
Notes
Occasional Migrant; Occasional Wintering. Rodrigues et al. (2010)
biotope
agriculture
nutrient level
eutrophic
mobility
mobile
cuddliness
non cuddly
lifespan
shortlived
biome
terrestrial
spine
vertebrate
biotope
agriculture
nutrient level
eutrophic
mobility
mobile
cuddliness
non cuddly
lifespan
shortlived
biome
terrestrial
spine
vertebrate
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758
Falco tinnunculus [spec. nov.]
F. cera pedibusque flavis, dorso rufo punctis nigris, pectore maculis longitudinalibus fuscis, cauda rotundata. Fn. svec. 67.
Tinnunculus s. Cenchris. Gesn. av. 54. Aldr. ornith. l. 5. p. 395. Will. orn. 50. t. 5. Raj. av. 16. Alb. av. 1. p. 7. t. 7. (femina) & 3. p. 5. t. 5.
Habitat in Europae turribus, aviculis muribusque infestus. In cauda fascia unica lata nigra versus apices.
biology_ecology
STATUS. — Two subspecies are present: F. t. tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758, Palaearctic migrant and F. t. rufescens Swainson, 1837, Resident; Breeding.
discussion
FIELD DATA. — eBird; GBIF; WABD.
discussion
LITERATURE. — Green & Sayer (1979); Holyoak & Seddon (1989); Thonnérieux et al. (1989); Dowsett (1993); Balanca & de Visscher (1997); Weesie & Belemsobgo (1997); Borrow & Demey (2001, 2014); Portier (2002 c); Thiollay (2006 a, b); Balanca et al. (2007); Sinclair & Ryan (2010); Pavia et al. (2012); Dowsett et al. (2013).
Name
- Synonyms
- Cerchneis tinnunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Homonyms
- Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758
- Common names
- Cernícalo Vulgar in Spanish
- Cernícalo vulgar in Spanish
- Common Kestrel in English
- Common Kestrel in English
- Common Kestrel in English
- Common Kestrel in English
- Common Kestrel in English
- Common Kestrel in English
- Common kestrel in English
- Eurasian Kestrel in English
- Eurasian Kestrel in English
- Eurasian Kestrel in English
- Eurasian Kestrel in English
- Eurasian Kestrel in English
- Eurasian Kestrel (Eurasian) in English
- Eurasian Kestrel / Common Kestrel in English
- Eurasian/Rock Kestrel in English
- Faucon crécerelle in French
- Faucon crécerelle in French
- Faucon crécerelle in French
- Faucon crécerelle in French
- Gheppio in Italian
- Gheppio in Italian
- Kestrel in English
- Kréchel in Luxembourgish
- Lauka piekuns in Latvian
- Peneireiro-vulgar in Portuguese
- Poštolka obecná in Czech
- Rooivalk in Afrikaans
- Torenvalk in Dutch
- Torenvalk in Dutch
- Tornfalk in Swedish
- Tuermfallek in Luxembourgish
- Turmfalke in German
- Turmfalke in German
- Turmfalke in German
- Turmfalke in German
- Tuulihaukka in Finnish
- Tårnfalk in Danish
- Tårnfalk in Norwegian
- Tårnfalk in Danish
- Vörös vércse in Hungarian
- common kestrel in English
- common kestrel in English
- faucon crécerelle in French
- kestrel, common kestrel in English
- lauku piekūns in Latvian
- paprastasis pelėsakalis in Lithuanian
- peneireiro-de-dorso-malhado / peneireiro in Portuguese
- postovka in Slovenian
Bibliographic References
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
- Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
- Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
- SOF (1900-01-01 00:00:00) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar