COMMON KESTREL

Kochi Tappu Willife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1016           COMMON KESTREL                     Falco tinnuncululus              

NEPAL              84

Found in open country. 32-35 cm. Common resident, winter visitor and passage migrant, over whole country.

NANKEEN KESTREL

Photographed in Parkes, central NSW

47        NANKEEN KESTREL             Falco cenchroides

Australia         (47)

Also known as Australian kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Windhover. 30-35 cm, span to 80 cm, female larger. Found all over Australia. Habitat includes grasslands, farmland, grain silos, plains, gibber desert, farmlands.