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>

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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