Greater Kestrel

Falco rupicoloides A.Smith, 1829 — also called GRKE. Occurrence records of the Greater Kestrel are shared on GBIF from around 13 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (355 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernFalconidae

13reserves with records

706records around them

3provinces

LCIUCN category

Greater Kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) — Photo: Thomas Schoch · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	355
Rooipoort Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	171
Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	NC Northern Cape	89
Mokala National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	38
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	11
Akkerendam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	10
Spitskop NatuurtuinNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	8
Steenbokkie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Oorlogskloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	5
Schoonspruit NatuurreservaatNature reserve	NW North West	4
Marico Biosphere ReserveBiosphere reserve	NW North West	3
!Khamab Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NW North West	3
Gamsberg Nature ReserveProtected area	NC Northern Cape	2

By province

Northern Cape: 9 reserves
North West: 3 reserves
Western Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Scientific name: Falco rupicoloides
GBIF taxon: 2481010
Wikidata: Q748362

More of the Falconidae family

Rock Kestrel Amur Falcon Peregrine Falcon Lanner Falcon Pygmy Falcon Lesser Kestrel

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.