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Where does the Eurasian Kestrel live?

Falco tinnunculus has 5,769,186 records in 162 countries and territories, from 1575 to 2026. Most records come from Netherlands.

Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel — Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesFalconiformesFalconidaeFalco

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Netherlands 857,916
Sweden 668,924
France 585,686
Spain 540,143
Denmark 513,460
United Kingdom 490,916
Finland 356,125
Germany 334,215
Belgium 210,734
Portugal 129,508
Israel 110,728
Italy 105,319
Norway 101,855
India 72,398
Czechia 61,839
Taiwan 58,198
Austria 47,336
Russia 37,133
Greece 32,375
Türkiye 29,997
Poland 29,732
Switzerland 27,754
China 25,284
Morocco 19,701
Ireland 19,326
South Korea 18,950
Bulgaria 18,377
Ukraine 17,130
Hungary 16,106
United Arab Emirates 14,744
Serbia 13,805
Cyprus 12,790
Estonia 11,862
Romania 10,687
Isle of Man 10,563
Japan 8,821
Croatia 8,644
Slovakia 8,215
Iran 7,869
Nigeria 7,518

Showing the top 40 of 162 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.