Common kestrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common kestrel lives – recorded in 105 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Falco tinnunculus
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	105 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	21 g (birth weight); 167 g (male organism, adult weight); 201 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Falconiformes
Family	Falconidae

Where does the common kestrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common kestrel in 105 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a common kestrel?

Wikidata records the following for the common kestrel: mass 21 g (birth weight); 167 g (male organism, adult weight); 201 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the common kestrel endangered?

The common kestrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common kestrel?

The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird in the order Falconiformes and the family Falconidae, genus Falco. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common kestrel

The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. In the United Kingdom, where no other kestrel species commonly occurs, it is generally just called the "kestrel".

This species occurs over a large native range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America. It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common kestrel (revision 1381452504), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q26490 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).