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American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) (14547482002)🦅

Photo: Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0

SpeciesFalconiformesFalconidae
Birds

🦅American Kestrel

Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758

美洲隼（Falco sparverius），北美洲体型最小、最常见的隼属猛禽。于南美洲亦有分布。背部呈赤褐色及条纹。体型和羽毛两性异形，雌性体型大于同龄雄性，幼鸟毛色与成鸟相近。 繁殖范围西起阿拉斯加西侧至加拿大北部和新斯科舍省，南跨北美洲，延伸至中墨西哥和加勒比海域。可定居于中美洲，经常于南美洲出没。大多数在加拿大和美国北部繁殖并于冬天向南迁移。偶尔出现于西欧地区。

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Measurements
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vs you
≈ 1/540th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the American Kestrel

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.11 kg
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 0.12 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length
0.13 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.18 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.02 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.03 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
17 years
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
29 days
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 5
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Carnivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Grassland
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Insessorial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderFalconiformes
  5. ›familyFalconidae
  6. ›genusFalco
  7. ›speciesFalco sparverius
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. orderFalconiformes
  3. familyFalconidae
  4. genusCerchneis
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderFalconiformes
  11. familyFalconidae
  12. genusCerchneis
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In other languages
sparvfalk (sv), xoriguer americà (ca), poštolka pestrá (cs), Amerikansk Tårnfalk (da), Buntfalke (de), Falco sparverius (es) … and 25 more languages
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American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) (14547482002)"quiri quiri" Falco sparverius (Linnaeus, 1758) 01"quiri quiri" Falco sparverius (Linnaeus, 1758) 02
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