Bird / Falco tinnunculus
Common Kestrel
Lowest risk
Migratory
The common kestrel is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species commonly occurs, it is generally just called "kestrel".
- Range elevation
- 0 to 5000 m
- Range mass
- 150 to 190 g
- Range length
- 30 to 36 cm
- Range wingspan
- 70 to 80 cm
- Breeding interval
- Common kestrels breed once yearly.
- Breeding season
- Common kestrels breed in April and May in the northern hemisphere.
- Range eggs per season
- 3 to 7
- Range time to hatching
- 26 to 34 days
- Range fledging age
- 27 to 32 days
- Range time to independence
- 7 to 8 weeks
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 1 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 1 years
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 15 (high) years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 16.2 years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 16.0 years
- Range territory size
- 2 to 10 km^2
- Average territory size
- 5 km^2
Nelson, T. 2006. "Falco tinnunculus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Falco_tinnunculus/
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