Banded Kestrel
Falco zoniventrisPeters, WKH, 1854
English (US) Banded Kestrel
The Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) 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: humid lowlands and subdesert of MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Falco zoniventris
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Banded Kestrel
- Described by
- Peters, WKH, 1854
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Peters, WKH, 1854
- Type locality
- St. Augustin Bay, Madagascar.
- Original description
- Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (1853) p.783
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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