American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Science Article 15
abstract
The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) is widely distributed across mostof the United States and is one of the most abundant of all North Americanraptors. Two subspecies of kestrels occur in the southeast, F. s. sparverius andthe rarer F. s. paulus.
Amanda Allen Beheler and John B. Dunning, Jr., Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Purdue University