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Falco sparverius (American kestrel)

Reptilia - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Falco sparverius was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Falco (Cerchneis) sparverius by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Falco sparverius Linnaeus p. 90
1930Falco sparverius Hay p. 323
1931Falco sparverius Wetmore p. 31
1935Falco sparverius Schultz and Howard p. 276
1940Falco (Cerchneis) sparverius Wetmore p. 41
1942Falco sparverius Miller and DeMay p. 104
1956Falco (Cerchneis) sparverius Wetmore p. 50
1982Falco sparverius Olson and Hilgartner p. 31
1990Falco sparverius Olson et al. p. 9
1992Falco sparverius Guthrie p. 322
2004Falco sparverius Broughton p. 24
2014Falco sparverius del Hoyo et al.
2015Falco sparverius Steadman et al. p. 557
2017Falco sparverius Clements et al.
2018Falco sparverius Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
subfamilyFalconinaeVigors 1824
genusFalco
speciessparverius

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758 [American kestrel]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:37
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:37
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Falco sparverius (20384)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Falco sparverius (176098)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Falco sparverius (152653)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Falco sparverius (20639)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Falco sparverius (20398 20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Falco sparverius (152008 161536 192630)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Falco sparverius (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Falco sparverius (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Falco sparverius (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Falco sparverius (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Falco sparverius (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Falco sparverius (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Falco sparverius (44954 74235 123918 125236 190077 215552 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Falco sparverius (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Falco sparverius (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Falco sparverius (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Falco sparverius (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Falco sparverius (20638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Falco sparverius (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Falco sparverius (71670 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Falco sparverius (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Falco sparverius (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Falco sparverius (144649 194588)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Falco sparverius (194913)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Falco sparverius (71328)