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Falco tinnunculus (Common kestrel)

Reptilia - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Falco tinnunculus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus
1927Falco tinnunculus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 82
1988Falco tinnunculus Weesie p. 23 figs. Pl 2, figs 10-14
1993Falco tinnunculus Jaume et al. p. 152
2002Falco tinnunculus Mlikovsky p. 222
2014Falco tinnunculus del Hoyo et al.
2017Falco tinnunculus Clements et al.
2018Falco tinnunculus Carrera et al. p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
subfamilyFalconinaeVigors 1824
genusFalco
speciestinnunculus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758 [Common kestrel]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:37
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:37
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) Falco tinnunculus (35457)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Falco tinnunculus (183123)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Palencia) Falco tinnunculus (205228 213667)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Falco tinnunculus (35045)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Falco tinnunculus (175900)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Falco tinnunculus (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Falco tinnunculus (197769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Falco tinnunculus (93837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Falco tinnunculus (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Falco tinnunculus (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Azerbaijan Falco tinnunculus (193356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Falco tinnunculus (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Falco tinnunculus (197946)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Falco tinnunculus (92902 192948 192949 192951 192954 192955 192959 192965)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Falco tinnunculus (194379)