American kestrel (Bird)
** The American kestrel is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. It has about a 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. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Falco sparverius,
Rank: Species,
Higher classification: Falcon,
Kingdom: Animalia,
Phylum: Chordata,
Class: Aves,
Order: Falconiformes,
Family: Falconidae,
Genus: Falco,
Species: F. sparverius,