🦅American Kestrel
Der Buntfalke (Falco sparverius), auch Amerikanischer Turmfalke genannt, ist ein Vogel aus der Familie der Falkenartigen (Falconidae). Die Art ähnelt in Aussehen und Verhalten dem auch in Mitteleuropa heimischen Turmfalken, ist jedoch kleiner und vor allem die Männchen sind deutlich bunter. Der Buntfalke bewohnt offene und halboffene Landschaften aller Art in großen Teilen Nord- und Südamerikas und ist auch im menschlichen Siedlungsbereich häufig. Er ist nicht gefährdet.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 0.11 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the American Kestrel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.11 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.12 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.13 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.18 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.03 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan17 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation29 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 5AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatGrasslandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleInsessorialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for American Kestrel yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderFalconiformes
- ›familyFalconidae
- ›genusFalco
- ›speciesFalco sparverius
- classBirds · Aves
- orderFalconiformes
- familyFalconidae
- genusCerchneis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderFalconiformes
- familyFalconidae
- genusCerchneis
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