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| Rock kestrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes |
| Family: | Falconidae |
| Genus: | Falco |
| Species: | F. rupicolus
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| Binomial name | |
| Falco rupicolus Daudin, 1800
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| Synonyms | |
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Falco tinnunculus rupicolus Daudin, 1800 | |
The rock kestrel (Falco rupicolus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It was previously considered a subspecies of the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).[1][2]
This species occurs in Africa, from northwestern Angola and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to southern Tanzania, and south to South Africa.[3]
- ^ "South African or Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus)". www.beautyofbirds.com. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
- ^ Groombridge, J.J. (2002). "A molecular phylogeny of African kestrels with reference to divergence across the Indian Ocean". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 25: 267–277. doi:10.1016/s1055-7903(02)00254-3. PMID 12414309.
- ^ Hockey, P.A.R.; Dean, W.R.J.; Ryan, P.G. (2005). Roberts - Birds of southern Africa. Trustees of the John Voelcker bird book fund. ISBN 0620340533.