A photo of a Grey Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus)
Grey Kestrel

Grey Kestrel

Falco ardosiaceus

The grey kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) is an African bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae. Its closest relatives are the banded kestrel and Dickinson's kestrel and the three are sometimes placed in the subgenus Dissodectes. The plumage of the adult is uniformly dark grey apart from darker wingtips, faint dark streaking on the body and slightly barred flight feathers. The feet and cere are yellow and there is bare yellow skin around the eye. The most similar species is the sooty falcon which has a more rounded head, long wings extending past the tail and less yellow around the eye. Juvenile grey kestrels are browner than the adults with a greenish cere and greenish around the eye. Juvenile Dickinson's kestrels are similar but have a barred tail and a more strongly barred underwing. The grey kestrel is generally silent outside the breeding season but has a shrill, chattering call and a rattling whistle.
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Joseph D Lionceau
Sunday 09 Oct 2022 - 8:44am
Rwanda
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Joseph D Lionceau
Tuesday 26 Jul 2022 - 2:55pm
Rwanda
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Erik Ostrander
Thursday 09 Dec 2021 - 8:16am
Uganda
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Hannah Buschert
Thursday 09 Dec 2021 - 8:16am
Uganda
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