Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia.
Vagrant to Malawi.
Senegambia east to Ethiopia and south through western Kenya and western Tanzania to Angola, northern Zambia, northern Namibia and north-western Botswana.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2010).
Grey Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) [XC77945]
by James and David Bradley from Gonse Forest, Burkina Faso (call)
Grey Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) [XC476002]
by id from Le Firdou, Kolda, Casamance, Senegal (call)
Nest
A nest of another species or in a hole of a tree.
Eggs (Guide)
2 - 5; white with reddish or brown markings. Incubation: 26 - 31 days.
Young
Fledge in about 30 days.
Subspecies
Sometimes united in subgenus Dissodectes with other grey kestrels Dickinson's Kestrel (Falco dickinsoni) and Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris).