Even though Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, is a busy city, the rocky beaches are great for birdwatching. On this day I was able to see a Southern Crested Caracara, White-tufted Grebes, Oystercatchers, this American Kestrel, and a host of regulars.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/9.1
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
-0.33 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
420 mm
ISO
320
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/1020 sec
Date/Time
Thu 19 Mar 2009 02:29:35 PM EDT
English American Kestrel Scientific (Falco sparverius) Order FALCONIFORMES Family (Latin) Falconidae Family (English) Caracaras, Falcons Other name(s) Breeding Regions NA, MA, SA Breeding Range widespread Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Argentina,Bahamas,Belize,Bermuda,Bolivia,Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Canada,Cayman Islands,Chile, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range sparverius Alaska and Canada through the USA to w Mexico fernandensis Alejandro Selkirk and Juan Fernandez Is. (Chile) cinnamominus se Peru to Paraguay, se Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) and Tierra del Fuego peruvianus sw Ecuador, Peru and n Chile aequatorialis n Ecuador caucae w Colombia ochraceus e Colombia and nw Venezuela isabellinus e Venezuela, the Guianas and n Brazil brevipennis Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) caribaearum Puerto Rico to Grenada (West Indies) dominicensis Hispaniola sparverioides Bahamas and Cuba nicaraguensis nw Honduras, Nicaragua tropicalis s Mexico to n Honduras peninsularis nw Mexico paulus se USA cearae s Brazil
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by Linnaeus, 1758 German Buntfalke French Crécerelle d’Amérique Chinese 美洲隼 Japanese アメリカチョウゲンボウ Russian Воробьиная пустельга Spanish Cernícalo americano Portuguese peneireiro-americano Bird Data App text A small falcon found throughout the Americas and Caribbean. Some races migrate. Feeds on small rodents and lizards. Sometimes hovers.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
