Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758
(Kestrel, Common Kestrel)

Interactions where Falco tinnunculus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult is predator of adult UK/Ireland Timarcha tenebricosa Bloody-nosed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Falconiformes/Falconidae/Falco tinnunculus/Falco tinnunculuskestrel, common kestreladult Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Timarcha tenebricosa/Timarcha tenebricosabloody-nosed beetleadult

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel, Common Kestrel) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel, Common Kestrel) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFalco tinnunculus (Kestrel, Common Kestrel)
GenusFalco (kestrels and falcons)
FamilyFALCONIDAE (kestrels and falcons)
OrderFALCONIFORMES (kestrels and falcons)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel, Common Kestrel)

Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel, Common Kestrel) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel, Common Kestrel):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel, Common Kestrel)
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