American kestrel (Bird)

American kestrel (Bird)

** The American kestrel is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. It has about a two to one range in size over subspecies and sex, varying in size from about the weight of a blue jay to a mourning dove. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Falco sparverius,

Rank: Species,

Higher classification: Falcon,

Kingdom: Animalia,

Phylum: Chordata,

Class: Aves,

Order: Falconiformes,

Family: Falconidae,

Genus: Falco,

Species: F. sparverius,