Banded Kestrel

When to see the Banded Kestrel

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Banded Kestrel

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Banded Kestrel

The banded kestrel is a bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae. It is endemic to Madagascar and is also known as the Madagascar banded kestrel, barred kestrel or Madagascar barred kestrel. Its closest relatives are the grey kestrel and Dickinson's kestrel of mainland Africa and the three are sometimes placed in the subgenus Dissodectes.

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Easily confused with

Seychelles KestrelFalco araeusIt is the smallest of the kestrels, 18–23 cm long with a wingspan of 40–45 cm. Mauritius KestrelFalco punctatusIt can reach a size between 26 and 30.5 cm (10.2 and 12.0 in). Saker FalconFalco cherrugThe saker falcon is a large hierofalcon, larger than the lanner falcon and almost as large as gyrfalcon at 45–57 cm (18–22 in) length with a wingspan of 97–126 cm (38–50 in).