Grey Kestrel
Falco ardosiaceusVieillot, LJP, 1823
English (US) Gray Kestrel
UK name: Grey Kestrel
The Grey Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) 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: savanna and woodland of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Falco ardosiaceus
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Kestrel
- English (UK)
- Grey Kestrel
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1823
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fako Ardosiaceus
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1823
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Ornithologie. 2nd ed. 3, livr.93 p.1238
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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