- a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- American kestrel.
- any of several small hawks, esp Accipiter nisus, of Eurasia and N Africa that prey on smaller birds
- a very small North American falcon, Falco sparverius, that is closely related to the kestrels
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