Tinnunculus

The three remaining raptores that are of frequent occurrence on the hills of South India are the shikra (_Astur badius_), the crested goshawk (_Lophospizias trivirgatus_), and the kestrel (_Tinnunculus alaudarius_).

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The kestrel (_Tinnunculus alaudarius_) is perhaps the easiest of all the birds of prey to identify.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

Brazil, and the kestrel (Tinnunculus cenchris), when it has left

Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin 1881

[Footnote 1: Falco peregrinus, _Linn_.] [Footnote 2: Tinnunculus alaudarius, _Briss_.] [Footnote 3: Astur trivirgatus, _Temm_.] [Footnote 4: Milvus govinda, _Sykes_.

Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836