American Kestrel

Where and when it's recorded

American Kestrel has been recorded at 1,991 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 50 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Bosque del Apache NWRUnited States7,567 records
2. Riverlands Migratory Bird SanctuaryUnited States7,340 records
3. Sweetwater WetlandsUnited States7,138 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United StatesCanadaMexicoArgentinaChilePeruEcuadorPuerto Rico

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is the smallest and most common falcon in the Americas. Though it has been called the American "sparrow hawk", this now obsolete vernacular name is a misnomer; the American kestrel is a true falcon, while neither the Eurasian sparrowhawk nor the other species called sparrowhawks are in the family Falconidae, hence only very distantly related to the American kestrel. It has a roughly two-to-one range in size over subspecies and sex, varying in size from about the weight of a blue jay to a mourning dove.

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