Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Falcons and Caracaras :: Australian Kestrel

Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides

Described by: Vigors; Horsfield (1827)
Alternate common name(s): Nankeen Kestrel
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Atkinsons Dam, Queensland, Australia - Aug 14, 2002 © Tom Tarrant  Hattah Lakes National Park, Victoria, Australia - Date unknown © Hans&Judy Beste  Hattah Lakes National Park, Victoria, Australia - Date unknown © Hans&Judy Beste  Warriewood, New South Wales, Australia - Aug, 2003 © Neil Fifer 
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Range

Australia; New Guinea;
Three populations;
(1) Mountains of wc. New Guinea (Oranje Mountains).
(2) Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Lord Howe Is., Norfolk Is. Isolated population on Christmas Is.
Migrates to the Lesser Sundas, Java, Indonesia, Moluccas, Aru Is., s. New Guinea and occasionally New Zealand.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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