American kestrel

phylum	Chordata	The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. It has a roughly two-to-one range in size over subspecies and sex, varying in size from about the weight of a blue jay to a mourning dove. It also ranges to South America, and is a well-established species that has evolved seventeen subspecies adapted to different environments and habitats throughout the Americas. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Falconiformes
clade	Diapsida
Class	Aves
order	Falconiformes
family	Falconidae
genus	Falco
species	F. sparverius

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