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National Natural Monument
Birds
Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
The Common Kestrel is a small falcon about the size of a pigeon. It hovers in place on beating wings while searching the ground for rodents and insects. In central and northern Honshu it sometimes breeds colonially on cliff ledges and in holes, and such breeding sites have been designated as Natural Monuments.
- Scientific name
- Falco tinnunculus
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Miyagi, Tochigi, Nagano
- 日本語
- チョウゲンボウ
- 简体中文
- 红隼
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The Common Kestrel is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Miyagi, Tochigi, Nagano.
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