Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758 (American kestrel)

Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae

Alternative combination: Falco (Cerchneis) sparverius

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 J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Broughton 2004, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1930, Linnaeus 1758, Miller and DeMay 1942, Olson and Hilgartner 1982, Olson et al. 1990, Oswald and Steadman 2018, Schultz and Howard 1935, Steadman et al. 2015, Wetmore 1931, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

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 subbuteo, Falco subniger, Falco tinnunculus, Falco vespertinus

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Peru (2), United States (31: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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