Species profile
Rock Kestrel
Falco rupicolus
Quick answer
N Angola to s Democratic Republic of the Congo, s Tanzania and South Africa
- Scientific name
- Falco rupicolus
- Family
- Falconidae
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Genus
- Falco
Recording Rock Kestrel in your journal
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