Common Kestrel

Order - Falconiformes
Family - Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)

Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

红隼 (hóng sǔn)

    Malay : Rajawali-Padang Biasa

    Japanese : チョウゲンボウ (chōgenbō) / マグソダカ (ma-guso-daka)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 長元坊 / 真糞鷹

    Size : 27–35 cm; Wingspan 57–79 cm

             Male 136–252 g, Female 154–314 g (nominate race)

    

    (LC : Least Concern)

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Kestrel
  – NW Africa, Europe and Middle East E to EC Siberia, Afghanistan, and W & N Pakistan E in Himalayas to Nepal and Bhutan; in winter also E Africa and S & SE Asia.
• Falco tinnunculus perpallidus (A. H. Clark, 1907)
  – E Siberia (E from Lena Basin) to Korea and NE China; in winter E China and SE Asia.
• Falco tinnunculus interstinctus (McClelland, 1840)
  – Tibet E through N Indochina and C & S China to Japan; winters S to India, Malay Peninsula and Philippines and N Borneo.
• Falco tinnunculus objurgatus (E. C. S. Baker, 1927)
  – S India (Western Ghats, S Eastern Ghats) and Sri Lanka.
• Falco tinnunculus canariensis (Koenig, 1890)
  – Madeira and W Canary Is.
• Falco tinnunculus dacotiae (E. J. O. Hartert, 1913)
  – E Canary Is.
• Falco tinnunculus neglectus (Schlegel, 1873)
  – N Cape Verde Is.
• Falco tinnunculus alexandri (Bourne, 1955)
  – SE Cape Verde Is.
• Falco tinnunculus rupicolaeformis (C. L. Brehm, 1855)
  – NE Africa and Arabia.
• Falco tinnunculus archeri (E. J. O. Hartert & Neumann, 1932)
  – Somalia, coastal Kenya and Socotra.
• Falco tinnunculus rufescens (Swainson, 1837)
  – W & C Africa E to Ethiopia and Eritrea, and S to N Angola and S Tanzania.
• Falco tinnunculus rupicolus (Daudin, 1800) – Rock Kestrel
  – NC Angola, S DRCongo and S Tanzania S to S South Africa.

Date : 15 November 2014

Location : Chuping Sugarcane Plantation, Perlis

Date : 30 November 2014

Location : Chuping Sugarcane Plantation, Perlis