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Mexican species
| American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | |||
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| Subspecies | Hide subspecies | ||
| sparverius | sparverius (Northern) | Venezuela to northern Brazil (Roraima). | |
| peninsularis | sparverius (Northern) | W Mexico (s Baja California, Sonora and Sinaloa) | |
| tropicalis | sparverius (Northern) | S Mexico to n Honduras | |
| nicaraguensis | sparverius (Northern) | Savanna of Honduras and Nicaragua | |
| paulus | paulus (Southeastern) | Coastal s US to Florida | |
| caribaearum | caribaearum (Eastern Caribbean) | West Indies (Puerto Rico to Grenada) | |
| dominicensis | dominicensis (Hispaniolan) | Hispaniola and Jamaica | |
| sparverioides | sparverioides (Cuban) | Bahamas, Cuba including Isla de la Juventud. | |
| brevipennis | cinnamominus (South American) | Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire | |
| ochraceus | cinnamominus (South American) | Mountains of e Colombia and nw Venezuela | |
| caucae | cinnamominus (South American) | Mountains of w Colombia | |
| isabellinus | cinnamominus (South American) | Venezuela to n Brazil | |
| aequatorialis | cinnamominus (South American) | Subtropical n Ecuador | |
| peruvianus | cinnamominus (South American) | Subtropical sw Ecuador, Peru and n Chile | |
| cinnamominus | cinnamominus (South American) | SE Peru, Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego | |
| cearae | cinnamominus (South American) | Tablelands of ne Brazil to e Bolivia | |
| fernandensis | fernandensis (Juan Fernandez) | Robinson Crusoe I. (Juan Fernández Islands off Chile) | |
| Endemic status | |||
| Sound Guide | x26x | ||
| Comment | Unlike other falcons this species is not possible to age in the field. Once fledged the plumages are very similar, and apparently even more so with the females. | ||
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