Mauritius Kestrel
Falco punctatusTemminck, CJ, 1821
English (US) Mauritius Kestrel
The Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus) 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: dense forest of southwestern Mauritius (western Indian Ocean)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Falco punctatus
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Mauritius Kestrel
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1821
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1821
- Type locality
- Mauritius.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.8, vol.1 pl.45, p.83
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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