We’re sorry, but GBIF doesn’t work properly without JavaScript enabled.
Our website has detected that you are using an outdated insecure browser that will prevent you from using the site. We suggest you upgrade to a modern browser.
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • Scientific Collections
      • Suggest a dataset
    • Users

      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • MAXENT
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity enhancement
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Implementation plan
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Newsletters and lists
      • Events
      • Ebbe Nielsen Challenge
      • Young Researchers Award
      • Science Review
  • User profile

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>
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
  4. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  5. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  6. 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>
  7. SOF (1900-01-01 00:00:00) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements Citation Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark