nankeen hawk

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


an Australian bird, Tinnunculus cenchroides, Vig. and Hors., whichis otherwise called Kestrel (q.v.).

1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of the LinnaeanSociety,' vol. xv. p. 184:

«`This bird,' as we are informed by Mr. Caley, `is called

Nankeen Hawk by the settlers. It is a migratory species.'»

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