Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | xoriguer de les Moluques |
| Czech | poštolka molucká |
| Dutch | Molukkentorenvalk |
| English | Spotted Kestrel |
| English (United States) | Spotted Kestrel |
| French | Crécerelle des Moluques |
| French (France) | Crécerelle des Moluques |
| German | Molukkenfalke |
| Indonesian | Alap-alap sapi |
| Japanese | モルッカチョウゲンボウ |
| Norwegian | indonesiafalk |
| Polish | pustułka plamista |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Peneireiro-das-molucas |
| Russian | Молуккская пустельга |
| Serbian | Molučka vetruška |
| Slovak | sokol škvrnitý |
| Spanish | Cernícalo Moluqueño |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cernícalo moluqueño |
| Swedish | moluckfalk |
| Turkish | Maluku Kerkenezi |
| Ukrainian | Боривітер молуцький |
Falco moluccensis (Bonaparte, 1850)
PROTONYM:
Tinnunculus moluccensis
Bonaparte, 1850. Conspectus generum avium 1, p.27.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cheribon, Java; Hart. gives t.l. as Amboina
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- FALCO
- falco
- molucca / moluccana / moluccanus / moluccarum / moluccensis / moluccus
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Spotted Kestrel Falco moluccensis Scientific name definitions
William S. Clark, Guy M. Kirwan, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 14, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 14, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Spotted Kestrel Falco moluccensis
Authors
William S. Clark, Guy M. Kirwan, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Recommended Citation
Clark, W. S., G. M. Kirwan, and J. S. Marks (2020). Spotted Kestrel (Falco moluccensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.spokes1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 14, 2015
- Spotted Kestrel Falco moluccensis
Authors
William S. Clark, Guy M. Kirwan, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Jeffrey S. Marks
Recommended Citation
Clark, W. S., G. M. Kirwan, and J. S. Marks (2015). Spotted Kestrel (Falco moluccensis). 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.