Meanings
nounAmerican kestrel (plural American kestrels)
plural American kestrels
- Any of a species of small falcon, Falco sparverius; a kestrel.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Bulgarian ма́лък я́стреб
- ма́лък я́стреб (málăk jástreb)species
Catalan xoriguer americà
- xoriguer americàspecies
Chinese Mandarin 雀鷹 /雀鹰
- 雀鷹 /雀鹰 (quèyīng)species
Czech poštolka pestrá
- poštolka pestráspecies
Danish amerikansk tårnfalk
- amerikansk tårnfalkspecies
Dutch Amerikaanse torenvalk
- Amerikaanse torenvalkspecies
Finnish amerikantuulihaukka
- amerikantuulihaukkaspecies
French crécerelle d'Amérique
- crécerelle d'Amériquespecies
German Buntfalke
- Buntfalkespecies
Italian gheppio americano
- gheppio americanospecies
Japanese ハイタカ
- ハイタカ (haitaka)species
Polish pustułka amerykańska
- pustułka amerykańskaspecies
Portuguese falcão-americano
- falcão-americanospecies
Russian воробьи́ная пустельга́, америка́нская пустельга́
- воробьи́ная пустельга́ (vorobʹínaja pustelʹgá)species
- америка́нская пустельга́ (amerikánskaja pustelʹgá)species
Slovak jastrab krahulec
- jastrab krahulecspecies
Spanish cernícalo
- cernícalospecies
Ukrainian мали́й я́струб
- мали́й я́струб (malýj jástrub)species
Cite this entry
APA
American kestrel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20kestrel
MLA
“American kestrel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20kestrel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “American kestrel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20kestrel.
Source: American kestrel on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.