FEATURED PHOTO - FIRST DOCUMENTATION OF A EURASIAN KESTREL IN CALIFORNIA

Abstract

The Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is among the most wide-ranging of raptors of the Old World, occurring as a breeder throughout Europe, North Africa, and much of Asia, including Japan (del Hoyo et al. 1994, Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). As many as eleven subspecies have been described (del Hoyo et al. 1994), and the AOU (1998) categorized the species as casual or accidental in North America.