American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Category: Birds of Prey
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Family
- Falconidae
- Genus
- Falco
Where to Find
Found in 21 mountain areas across 13 countries and 6 regions.
- Pardubice Region, Czech Republic - 3 records
- Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic - 1 records
- Lublin Voivodeship, Poland - 1 records
- Shandong, China - 2 records
- Yamagata Prefecture, Japan - 1 records
- Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan - 1 records
- Ontario, Canada - 13 records
- Quebec, Canada - 21 records
- West Virginia, United States - 1 records
- Michigan, United States - 2 records
- Nevada, United States - 2 records
- Central Finland, Finland - 6 records
- Telemark, Norway - 3 records
- Nordland, Norway - 2 records
- Norrbotten County, Sweden - 4 records
- Bourgogne – Franche-Comté, France - 2 records
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - 4 records
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - 1 records
- Lombardy, Italy - 5 records
- Vaud, Switzerland - 3 records
- Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1 records