american kestrel

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   small North American falcon

   Synonymssparrow hawkkestrelFalco sparverius

   Broaderfalcon

   Part ofFalco

Questions about american kestrel

What does american kestrel mean?

american kestrel means "small North American falcon".

What is another word for american kestrel?

Close synonyms include sparrow hawk, kestrel, Falco sparverius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american kestrel a common word?

american kestrel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.