Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kransvalk |
| Czech | poštolka jihoafrická |
| Dutch | Rotsvalk |
| English | Rock Kestrel |
| English (United States) | Rock Kestrel |
| French | Crécerelle des rochers |
| French (France) | Crécerelle des rochers |
| German | Felsenfalke |
| Japanese | ミナミアフリカチョウゲンボウ |
| Norwegian | klippefalk |
| Polish | pustułka skalna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Peneireiro-vulgar-africano |
| Russian | Скальная пустельга |
| Serbian | Kamenjarska vetruška |
| Slovak | sokol savanový |
| Spanish | Cernícalo Africano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cernícalo africano |
| Swedish | klippfalk |
| Turkish | Kaya Kerkenezi |
| Ukrainian | Боривітер савановий |
Falco rupicolus Daudin, 1800
PROTONYM:
Falco rupicolus
Daudin, 1800. Traité élémentaire et complet d'ornithologie 2, p.135.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- FALCO
- falco
- rupicolus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus Scientific name definitions
Jaume Orta, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 25, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 25, 2017
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
Authors
Jaume Orta, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Recommended Citation
Orta, J., P. F. D. Boesman, and J. S. Marks (2020). Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.eurkes1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- April 25, 2017
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Authors
Jaume Orta, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman and Jeffrey S. Marks
Recommended Citation
Orta, J., P. F. D. Boesman, and J. S. Marks (2017). Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
