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American kestrel

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American kestrel
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Noun1.American kestrelAmerican kestrel - small North American falcon          
falcon - diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
Falco, genus Falco - a genus of Falconidae


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The center's feathered occupants - two red-tailed hawks, two horned owls, one barn owl and one American kestrel - are receiving visitors, but at a long wing's-length to protect the birds.
By swabbing the oral cavity, we documented that most birds shed WNV in oral exudates (11 [85%] of 13 species; 29 [69%] of 42 individuals birds); the highest titers were observed in Great Homed Owl, American Crow, and American Kestrel (Table 7).
``We have several birds of prey - a red-tailed hawk, a great horned owl, a screech owl and an American kestrel, which is a type of falcon - and a variety of snakes - rattlesnakes, gopher and king snakes and a desert hairy scorpion,'' said Joe Lennox, a recreational services leader.
 
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