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| Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Female with prey |
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| Photographer : | © Kuldeep Shukla |
| Location : | Velavedar, Gujarat, India |
| Date : |
27 December 2014 |
| English synonyms: | Eurasian Kestrel, European Kestrel (tinnunculus), Kestrel, Old World Kestrel, Rock Kestrel, Eurasian Falcon
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| Bird Family : | Falconidae - Falcons, Falconets & Kestrels |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | Feeding mainly on small mammals. Sometimes it also consumes some passerines, lizards and insects. We found this female with a grasshopper. - KS |
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