Seychelles Kestrel
Falco araeus(Oberholser, HC, 1917)
English (US) Seychelles Kestrel
The Seychelles Kestrel (Falco araeus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras) in the order Falconiformes.
Range: locally in SeychellesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Falco araeus
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Seychelles Kestrel
- Described by
- (Oberholser, HC, 1917)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cerchneis araea
- Described by
- (Oberholser, HC, 1917)
- Type locality
- Seychelle Islands.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 30 p.76
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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