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title: "Grote torenvalk"
description: "Falco rupicoloides — Vogels. The greater kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) or white-eyed kestrel is a bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/greater-kestrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grote torenvalk

> Falco rupicoloides — Vogels. The greater kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) or white-eyed kestrel is a bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae.

- Scientific name: *Falco rupicoloides*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1087
- Wikidata: [Q748362](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q748362)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4689](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4689)

## Names

- en: Greater Kestrel
- de: Steppenfalke
- es: Cernícalo Ojiblanco
- fr: Crécerelle aux yeux blancs
- nl: Grote torenvalk
- pt: Peneireiro-grande
- pl: Pustułka stepowa

## Countries with the most observations

NA (419), ZA (407), TZ (105), BW (54), KE (31)

## Summary

The greater kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) or white-eyed kestrel is a bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae. It is one of the largest kestrels and is found in open country in southern and eastern Africa.

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

## Photo

![Grote torenvalk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-kestrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Maurice Hoffmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/324991785

## Machine access

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