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title: "Sokół ciemny"
description: "Falco ardosiaceus — Ptaki. The grey kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) is an African bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/gray-kestrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sokół ciemny

> Falco ardosiaceus — Ptaki. The grey kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) is an African bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae.

- Scientific name: *Falco ardosiaceus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 836
- Wikidata: [Q925768](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q925768)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4688](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4688)

## Names

- en: Gray Kestrel
- de: Graufalke
- es: Cernícalo Gris
- fr: Faucon ardoisé
- nl: Grijze torenvalk
- pt: Francelho-cinzento
- pl: Sokół ciemny

## Countries with the most observations

UG (194), TZ (129), GM (105), KE (79), ET (33), GH (32), NG (32), SN (32), BJ (27), BF (17), GN (17), CI (12)

## Summary

The grey kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) is an African bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae. Its closest relatives are the banded kestrel and Dickinson's kestrel and the three are sometimes placed in the subgenus Dissodectes.

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

## Photo

![Sokół ciemny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-kestrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Martin Tlustos · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240771821

## Machine access

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