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Rock Kestrel

Falco rupicolus Daudin, 1800 — also called Ngami Kestrel, ROKE. Occurrence records of the Rock Kestrel are shared on GBIF from around 117 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Table Mountain National Park (1 883 records), in 8 provinces.

IUCN: Not evaluatedFalconidae

117reserves with records

17 807records around them

8provinces

NEIUCN category

Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus) — Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 883
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	985
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	952
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	841
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	792
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	784
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	552
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	486
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	483
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	483
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	443
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	358
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	350
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	341
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	338
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	312
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	305
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	301
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	290
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	289
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	275
Baviaanskloof Mega ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	272
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	270
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	267
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	261
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	250
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park	FS Free State	248
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	219
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	212
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	206
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	194
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	187
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	180
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	176
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	163
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	148
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	124
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	112
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	109
Darling Renosterveld ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	106
Verloren Valei Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	103
King William's Town Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	90
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	88
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	86
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	85
Rondeberg Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	82
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	81
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	75
!Khwa ttu Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	75
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	70
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	69
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	69
Ramskop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	67
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	64
Lutzville Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	63
Blyderivierspoort NatuurreservaatNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	55
Jonkershoek Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	54
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	54
Constantia NekNature reserve	WC Western Cape	54
Avani Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	53

and 57 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 83 reserves
Eastern Cape: 11 reserves
Northern Cape: 8 reserves
Mpumalanga: 4 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 4 reserves
Free State: 4 reserves
Limpopo: 2 reserves
North West: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Scientific name: Falco rupicolus
GBIF taxon: 6065652
Wikidata: Q3006153

More of the Falconidae family

Amur Falcon Peregrine Falcon Lanner Falcon Greater Kestrel 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.