Wild Florida Photo - Falco sparverius

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Falco sparverius

AMERICAN KESTREL

Florida native

  
Falco sparverius is a member of the Falconidae - Falcons family.

Other species of this genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
  View  Falco sparverius var. paulus - SOUTHEASTERN AMERICAN KESTREL


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For more information on this species, visit the following link:
Cornell Lab of Ornithology All About Birds

Date record last modified:
Jul 13, 2008