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Scientific Name:
Falco tinnunculus
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Faucon crécerelle [French]
Eurasian Kestrel [English]
Common Kestrel [English]
Taxonomic Status
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness:
Currency Rating:
Taxonomic Hierarchy
- up to the kingdom
Kingdom
Animalia
Subkingdom
Bilateria
Infrakingdom
Deuterostomia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Infraphylum
Gnathostomata
Superclass
Tetrapoda
Class
Aves
Order
Falconiformes
Family
Falconidae
Subfamily
Falconinae
Genus
Falco
- down one level
Subspecies
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus
Subspecies
Falco tinnunculus alexandri
Subspecies
Falco tinnunculus archeri
Subspecies
Falco tinnunculus canariensis
Subspecies
Falco tinnunculus dacotiae
Subspecies
Falco tinnunculus interstinctus
Subspecies
Falco tinnunculus neglectus
Subspecies
Falco tinnunculus objurgatus
Subspecies
Falco tinnunculus perpallidus
Subspecies
Falco tinnunculus rufescens
Subspecies
Falco tinnunculus rupicolaeformis
References
Expert(s):
Richard C. Banks.
Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.
Alan P. Peterson, M.D..
PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
Other Sources:
website: AOU Check-List (08-2011); American Ornithologists' Union's "Check-list of North American Birds - List of the 2,078 Bird Species Known From the A.O.U. Check-list Area" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-52), maintained at http://www.aou.org/
website: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.06; "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
website: AOU Check-List (07-2005); American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/
database: NODC Taxonomic Code;
website: IOC World Bird List, Master List v2.9; Master list and sub-lists are maintained at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/names.html, and 'virtually replace' Gill & Wright 2006 (Birds of the World, Recommended English Names)
References:
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987-01-01.
Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79. . .
Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright 2006-01-01.
Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey, USA. ix + 259. 0-691-12827-8. Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset.
Dickinson, Edward C., ed. 2003-01-01.
The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey, USA. 1039. 0-691-11701-2. .
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003-12-31.
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. . . . . As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998.
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Oceania
Africa
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction:
Alaska, Incidental
Canada, Incidental
Central Pacific Territories, Incidental
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