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Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus · Family Falconidae
Falco tinnunculus
Family Falconidae
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Family
- Falconidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 5,805,825
- Countries and territories with records
- 164
About this species
This species has 5,805,825 occurrence records from 164 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (14.8%), Sweden (11.7%), France (10.1%), Spain (9.3%) and Denmark (8.9%); together they account for 54.9% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 1.3% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Falco tinnunculus combines the genus name Falco with the species epithet tinnunculus. The Warbla app catalog lists 38 species of the genus Falco; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Falco sparverius, Falco peregrinus and Falco columbarius.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 58 species of the family Falconidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Falco sparverius. Its record count is 15.4 times the family average (377,669). The family Falconidae belongs to the order Falconiformes, which has 58 species in the Warbla app catalog.