Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758 (Common kestrel)

Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Falco according to L. Carrera et al. 2018

See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Jaume et al. 1993, Linnaeus 1758, Mlikovsky 2002 and Weesie 1988

Sister taxa: Falco (Cerchneis), Falco (Hierofalco), Falco (Rhynchodon), Falco alopex, Falco altaicus, Falco amurensis, Falco ardosiaceus, Falco bakalovi, Falco berigora, Falco biarmicus, Falco cenchroides, Falco cherrug, Falco columbarius, Falco concolor, Falco cuvierii, Falco deiroleucus, Falco duboisi, Falco eleonorae, Falco falconellus, Falco fasciinucha, Falco femoralis, Falco fuscocaerulescens, Falco hypoleucos, Falco jugger, Falco longipennis, Falco medius, Falco melanaetus, Falco mexicanus, Falco naumanni, Falco newtoni, Falco novaeseelandiae, Falco oregonus, Falco peregrinus, Falco punctatus, Falco readi, Falco rufigularis, Falco rupicoloides, Falco rusticolus, Falco severus, Falco sparverius, Falco subbuteo, Falco subniger, Falco vespertinus

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (1 collection), France (1), Greece (9), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Monaco (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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