Species profile—Falco cenchroides (nankeen kestrel)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Falconidae (falcons) → Falco cenchroides (nankeen kestrel)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Falconidae (falcons)
- Scientific name
- Falco cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
- Common name
- nankeen kestrel
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1704
- Alternate name(s)
- Australian kestrel
windhover
sparrowhawk - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1704.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
