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Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758

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Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758

American kestrel; Cernícalo

Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (Ed.10) no.1, p. 90.

Referred material. San Felipe I: Distal half of left tibiotarsus, MNHNCu 75.4758.

Description. The known specimen does not differ from Falco sparverius sparverioides Vigors, 1827, being smaller and less robust when compared with the nominative form F. s. sparverius Linnaeus, 1758.

Comments. The American Kestrel is a common permanent resident in Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, and some cays, where it prefers habitats with open areas (Garrido & Kirkconnell 2011: 82). It has been previously registered for Cuban cave deposits (Jiménez Vázquez 1997; Suárez & Olson 2001a). As in Accipiter striatus fringilloides, remains of this kestrel of Cuba can be quickly distinguished from their continental equivalent by the smaller size.

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Published as part of Suárez, William, 2020, The fossil avifauna of the tar seeps Las Breas de San Felipe, Matanzas, Cuba, pp. 1-53 in Zootaxa 4780 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3856493

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3856493 (URL)
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Biodiversity

Family
Falconidae
Genus
Falco
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Falconiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
sparverius
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Suárez, 2020

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata, Holmiae, 4 + 824 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 542
  • Vigors, N. A. (1827) [Falco fringilloides, F. sparverioides]. Zoological Journal, 3, 434, 436.
  • Garrido, O. H. & Kirkconnell, A. (2011) Aves de Cuba. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 287 pp.
  • Jimenez Vazquez, O. (1997) Seis nuevos registros de aves fosiles en Cuba. El Pitirre, 10, 49.
  • Suarez, W. & Olson, S. L. (2001 a) A remarkable new species of small falcon from the Quaternary of Cuba (Aves: Falconidae: Falco). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114, 34 - 41.