Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Falconiformes > Family Falconidae > Genus Falco

Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Falco*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: aqyfleri; fajkua; fakjonja; falkoni; kaçubeti; petriti; shahimi (kthetrazi); shahini; skifteri; skilferi; skilfyer; skyferi; skylferi; sokol i dobishëm; sokoli; sokoli i erës sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): tårnfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Керкенез sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: tårnfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: torenvalk

English: common kestrel; kestrel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Common Kestrel; Kestrel sources: Charles Hussey

French: faucon crécerelle

Gaelic: pocaire gaoithe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Pocaire gaoithe

German: Turnfalke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Βραχοκιρκίνεζο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Pocaire gaoithe sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): בז מצוי sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: pelėsakalis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: tårnfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: tårnfalk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 90

Norwegian Nynorsk: tårnfalk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 90

Nynorsk (Norwegian): tårnfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: pustułka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: vânturelul roşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: обыкновенная пустельга sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: pocaire gaoithe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: postovka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cernícalo vulgar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: tornfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: bayağı kerkenez sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Боривітер звичайний sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: cudyll coch

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (869 publications)
GenBank (111 nucleotides; 118 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345751

Drs Cees Roselaar. Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96738