Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) female vocalizing, Bulgaria

Species number: 00091, Sex: female, Age: adult. Vocalizing/calling
Filmed on 2018-04-18 09:44h in Sofia, Bulgaria with Panasonic TZ80 (wind cancelling)

When hunting, the common kestrel characteristically hovers about 10–20 m (35–65 ft) above the ground, searching for prey, either by flying into the wind or by soaring using ridge lift. Like most birds of prey, common kestrels have keen eyesight enabling them to spot small prey from a distance. Once prey is sighted, the bird makes a short, steep dive toward the target, unlike the peregrine which relies on longer, higher dives to reach full speed when targeting prey. This species is able to see near ultraviolet light, allowing the birds to detect the urine trails around rodent burrows as they shine in an ultraviolet colour in the sunlight. Common kestrels eat almost exclusively mouse-sized mammals. Voles, shrews and true mice supply up to three-quarters or more of the biomass most individuals ingest.

Its name in different languages:
Afrikaans: Rooivalk
Arabic: العوسق
Asturian: Peñerina
Azerbaijani: adi muymul, Adi muymulu
Bashkir: бейеүсе көйгәнәк, көйгәнәк, сысҡан типкес, сысҡан әүрәткес, сысҡансыҡ, торомтай
Belarusian: Cокал-пустальга, Сокал-пустальга
Bulgarian: Черношипа ветрушка
Bengali: পাতি কেস্ট্রেল, ঩াচত হকমস্ট্রর
Bengali (transliteration): pāti kēsṭrēla
Breton: Ar falc'hun logod
Catalan: Xoriguer comú
Catalan (Balears): Xoriguer
Valencian: Xoriguer petit
Montenegrin: vjetruška, вјетрушка
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): вјетрушка
Czech: Poštolka obecná
Chuvash: ахаль якăлпай, пĕчĕк хурчка, путене хурчки, якăлпай
Welsh: Cudyll Coch
Danish: Tårnfalk
German: Turmfalke
Greek: Κίτσης
Greek (Cypriot): Κίτσης
English: Common Kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel (Eurasian), Kestrel
Esperanto: Turfalko
Spanish: Cernicalo Vulgar, Cernícalo Vulgar
Estonian: harilik tuuletallaja, Tuuletallaja
Basque: Belatz gorria
Persian: دلیجه معمولی
Finnish: tuulihaukka
Faroese: grýtissmyril
French: Faucon crécerelle, Faucon crécerelle (Eurasie)
Friulian: balarin, falcuç di cjampanili
Frisian: reade wikel
Irish: Pocaire Gaoithe
Gaelic: Clamhan Ruadh
Galician: Lagarteiro
Manx: Stannoir Ruy
Hebrew: בז מצוי
Croatian: Vjetruša
Hungarian: Vörös vércse
Armenian: Սովորական Հողմավար Բազե
Indonesian: Alapalap Erasia, Burung Alap-alap Erasia
Icelandic: Turnfálki
Italian: Gheppio, Gheppio comune
Japanese (romaji): Chogenbo, chōgenbō, chougenbou, ma-guso-daka
Japanese: チョウゲンボウ, マグソダカ
Japanese (Kanji): 真糞鷹, 長元坊
Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი კირკიტა
Kara-Kalpak: күйгелек, мыйқы
Kabardian: къаргъэуэгу
Mongolian, Halh: хадны шонхор
Khakas: Кöйкенек
Kazakh: Кәдімгі күйкентай, күйкентай
Kazakh (Transliteration): kädimgi küykentay
Korean: 황조롱이
Korean (Transliteration): hwang-jorongi
Karachay-Balkar: къызыл лячин
North Karelian: tuulihaukka
Cornish: Tygry
Kirghiz: кадимки күйкө, күйкө, күйкө сасык, сасык күйкө
Scientific: Falco tinnunculus, Falco tinnunculus [tinnunculus Group], Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus, Tinnunculus Linnéi
Luxembourgish: Kréchel, Tuermfallek
Lithuanian: Paprastasis pelesakalis, Paprastasis pelėsakalis, Pelesakalis, Pelėsakalis
Latvian: Lauku piekūns
Macedonian: Обична (Црнонокна) ветрушка
Malayalam: വിറയന്‍ പുള്ള്
Mongolian: Начин шонхор, хадны шонхор, Шонхор
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠨᠠᠴᠢᠨ ᠱᠣᠩᠬᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠱᠣᠩᠬᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Transliteration): nachiŋ shoŋkhor, shoŋkhor
Moldavian: Vânturel roșu
Malay: Burung Falko Padang, Burung Falko Serani, Burung Helang Kestrel
Maltese: ispanjulett komuni, Spanjulett
Nepali: बाÄडाइ
Dutch: Torenvalk
Norwegian: Tårnfalk
Polish: pustulka, pustułka, pustułka (zwyczajna), pustulka zwyczajna
Pinyin: chá sǔn, hóng sǔn, hóng yàozi, hóng yīng, hóng zhǔn, huáng yàn
Portuguese: Peneireiro-de-dorso-malhado / Peneireiro, Peneireiro-vulgar
Portuguese (Brazil): peneireiro-de-dorso-malhado
Romansh: Crivel
Romanian: Vânturel roşu
Russian: Обыкновенная пустельга, Пустельга, Пустельга обыкновенная
Yakut: битииһит, кугас кырбый, чыычаах кыырда, чыычаахсыт
Sardinian: Spradderi
Scots: Clamhan ruadh
Northern Sami: Bieggafálli
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Podu Kurulugoya
Slovak: sokol myšiar (pustovka)
Slovenian: navadna postovka
Albanian: Skifteri kthetrazi
Serbian: obična vjetruška
Swedish: Tornfalk
Swahili: Kozi Kichwa-kijivu
Tamil: Sivappu Vallooru
Tajik: чарғи муқаррарӣ
Thai: เหยี่ยวเคสเตรล
Thai (Transliteration): yìaw kʰee-sà-trĕen
Turkmen: göwenek, kerkenez
Turkish: Kerkenez, Кәдімгі күйкентай
Tatar: гади торымтай , торымтае, торымтай, торымтайлар
Tuvinian: Астынар шаңгыр, тенек-куш
Udmurt: варзи душес, варшидуӵес, варши-душес, пыж пужнӥсь душес, шорӟиськись душес, шыр душес, шыр кучыран
Ukrainian: Боривітер звичайний
Uzbek: миққий, оддий миққий
Vietnamese: Cắt lưng hung, Chim Cắt lưng hung
Kalmyk: алтн халвһ, туун
Chinese: 红隼, 红鹞子, 红鹰, 茶隼, 黄燕
Chinese (Traditional): 紅隼, 紅鷂子, 紅鷹, 茶隼, 茶鷹, 黃燕, 黄燕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 紅隼
Chinese (Taiwan): 红隼