Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada (B) (P), Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Guiana, Grenada (B), Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon (NB) (P), St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay (B), USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).
Vagrant to Denmark, Estonia, Malta, Portugal, United Kingdom.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 6,000,000 (2010).
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) [XC432334]
by Richard E. Webster from Aruan\u00e3 - GO (near Aruan\u00e3), Aruan\u00e3, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)
American Kestrel (Falco) [XC418893]
by Phil Brown from Brasil\u00e2ndia, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (flight call)
Subspecies
Often considered to form superspecies with Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).
The following 17 subspecies are recognised:
sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 - North America, from Alaska to Newfoundland, and south to western Mexico, except south-eastern USA and coastal western Mexico. Winters south through central America to Panama.
paulus (Howe & King, L, 1902) - South Carolina to Florida, USA.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet