Rock Kestrel

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When to see the Rock Kestrel

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rock Kestrel

The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Kenya, Tanzania.

About the Rock Kestrel

The rock kestrel is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It was previously considered a subspecies of the common kestrel.

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Easily confused with

Australian HobbyFalco longipennisSmaller than other falcons, the Australian hobby is relatively slender and long winged. Aplomado FalconFalco femoralisThe aplomado falcon is very slender, long-winged, and long-tailed, the size of a small peregrine falcon (F. peregrinus), at 30–40 cm (12–16 in) long and with an average wingspan of about 90 cm (35 in), but only half the weight, at about 208–305 g (7.3–10.8 oz) in males and 270–460 g (9.5–16.2 oz) in females. Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusIt is a medium-small, long-winged species.

Side by side: Lesser Kestrel vs Rock Kestrel · Aplomado Falcon vs Rock Kestrel · Australian Hobby vs Rock Kestrel · Red-footed Falcon vs Rock Kestrel