the common English name for afalcon. According to Gould the Australian species is identicalwith Cerchneis tinnunculus, a European species, butVigors and Horsfield differentiate it as Tinnunculuscenchroides.
1893. `The Argus,' March 25, p. 4, col. 5:
«The kestrel's nest we always found in the fluted gums thatoverhung the creek, the red eggs resting on the red mould ofthe decaying trunk being almost invisible.»
Kia ora,