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Eurasian Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel, photographed by Manuel Raab

Photo: Manuel Raab · iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC 4.0 (licence)

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About the Eurasian Kestrel

Small falcon with distinctive male plumage: gray head, rusty back, gray tail with broad black tip. Female is brownish above, with barring on the back, wings, and tail. Note rather pointed wingtips (unlike rounded wings of Accipiter hawks), and distinct dark spotting on the breast. Inhabits open and lightly wooded country, farmlands, grasslands, and heathlands; often seen over grassy areas beside roads and at airports. Perches on wires and posts, and typically hunts by hovering, at times fairly high overhead. Very similar to Lesser Kestrel.

Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made

Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 151 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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