Bird Identification

tuckermans · 03-27-2017, 06:25 PM

I could use some help identifying this bird I found dead on my property. Any guesses?

ApS · 03-27-2017, 07:37 PM

Common Kestrel?

(A small falcon).

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Hillcountry · 03-28-2017, 05:32 AM

I agree on the Kestrel but my iBird app shows it as the American Kestrel.
I did a search on "Common Kestrel" and it comes back empty...I know the bird experts change bird names because they have done so over the years with some of my favorites!
At any rate, a pretty and interesting little falcon!
Too bad she met her demise!

ApS · 03-28-2017, 09:00 AM

Correction:

Wikipedia, on the Sparrow Hawk, American Kestrel:

The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is...the smallest raptor in America.[5]

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03-27-2017, 06:25 PM	#1
tuckermans Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Bird Identification I could use some help identifying this bird I found dead on my property. Any guesses? Attached Images

03-27-2017, 07:37 PM	#2
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,941 Thanks: 2,213 Thanked 778 Times in 554 Posts	Falco tinnunculus... Common Kestrel? (A small falcon). . __________________ Is it "Common Sense" isn't.

03-28-2017, 09:00 AM	#4
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,941 Thanks: 2,213 Thanked 778 Times in 554 Posts	Falco sparverius... Correction: Wikipedia, on the Sparrow Hawk, American Kestrel: The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is...the smallest raptor in America.[5] .

03-28-2017, 05:32 AM	#3
Hillcountry Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: In the hills Posts: 2,420 Thanks: 1,677 Thanked 786 Times in 466 Posts	I agree on the Kestrel but my iBird app shows it as the American Kestrel. I did a search on "Common Kestrel" and it comes back empty...I know the bird experts change bird names because they have done so over the years with some of my favorites! At any rate, a pretty and interesting little falcon! Too bad she met her demise!