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title: "Eurasian Kestrel"
description: "Falco tinnunculus — Uccelli. The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, Old World kestrel, or windfucker is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eurasian-kestrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurasian Kestrel

> Falco tinnunculus — Uccelli. The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, Old World kestrel, or windfucker is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae.

- Scientific name: *Falco tinnunculus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 144218
- Wikidata: [Q26490](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26490)
- iNaturalist taxon: [472766](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/472766)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Kestrel
- de: Turmfalke
- es: Cernicalo común
- fr: Faucon crécerelle
- nl: Torenvalk
- pt: Peneireiro-vulgar
- pl: Pustułka zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

RU (19975), DE (15621), GB (11556), FR (11425), ES (10663), IT (9818), AT (5516), PT (4012), CZ (2389), UA (2368), DK (2095), NL (2028)

## Summary

The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, Old World kestrel, or windfucker is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. In the United Kingdom, where no other kestrel species commonly occurs, it is generally just called the "kestrel".
This species occurs over a large native range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America. It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_kestrel

## Photo

![Eurasian Kestrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-kestrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Corinna · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284754857

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-kestrel?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).