Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Falcons and Caracaras :: Dickinson's Kestrel

Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni

Described by: Sclater, P. L. (1864)
Alternate common name(s): White-rumped Kestrel
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Pemba Island, Tanzania - Feb 8, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste  Botswana - Aug, 2002 © Tom Stephenson  Tanzania - Aug, 2002 © W. S. Clark 
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Range

Sc. Africa;
May have a fragmented distribution over most of range;
Angola e. through se. Zaire to Kenya (Nairobi and Meru NP's), sc. and ne. Tanzania including Zanzibar, Pemba Is., Malawi, Zambia s. to n. Namibia, n. and e. Botswana, Zimbabwe, s. Mozambique and ne. South Africa (e. Transvaal).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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