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| + | [[Image:Greater_Kestrel.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Gashead|Gashead}}<br />Photographed: [[Etosha National Park]], [[Namibia]]]] | ||
;[[:Category:Falco|Falco]] rupicoloides | ;[[:Category:Falco|Falco]] rupicoloides | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Africa]]:<br /> | ||
| + | '''Western Africa''': [[Angola]]<br /> | ||
| + | '''Eastern Africa''': [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]]<br /> | ||
| + | '''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Lesotho]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ||
| + | *''F. r. fieldi'': | ||
| + | :*[[Ethiopia]] and [[Somalia]] | ||
| + | *''F. r. arthuri'': | ||
| + | :*[[Kenya]] and north-eastern [[Tanzania]] | ||
| + | *''F. r. rupicoloides'': | ||
| + | :*Acacia steppes of southern [[Africa]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | [[Image:12347Greater Kestrel Flight.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Mybs|Mybs}}<br />Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, [[South Africa]], September 2005 ]] | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Falco+rupicoloides}} | {{GSearch|Falco+rupicoloides}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Falco]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Falco]] | ||
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- Falco rupicoloides
Identification
Distribution
Africa:
Western Africa: Angola
Eastern Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- F. r. fieldi:
- F. r. arthuri:
- F. r. rupicoloides:
- Acacia steppes of southern Africa
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Greater Kestrel. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Greater_Kestrel
