Spotted Kestrel

Spotted Kestrel

Taxobox
name = Spotted Kestrel


image_width = 220px
image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Falconiformes
familia = Falconidae
genus = "Falco"
species = "F. moluccensis"
binomial = "Falco moluccensis"
binomial_authority = (Bonaparte, 1850)
subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
subdivision =
*"Falcon moluccensis moluccenis"
*"Falcon moluccensis microbalius"

The Spotted Kestrel ("Falco moluccensis") is also known as the Moluccan Kestrel.

Distribution and habitat

Spread throughout Australasia, Indomalaya, and most of Wallacea, the Spotted Kestrel inhabits grasslands with scattered trees, lightly wooded cultivation, and the edges of primary and tall secondary forest. Along logging roads, it occasionally penetrates forests, and sometimes inhabits clearings within forested areas. It has also been known to live in areas of human habitation. [ [http://www.globalraptors.org/grin/SpeciesResults.asp?specID=8243 Global Raptor Information Network - Moluccan Kestrel] ]

Behavior

Diet

The Spotted Kestrel feeds primarily small mammals, birds, lizards, and insects.

Nesting

Voice

References


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