American kestrel (Bird) <br /> <br />** 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 <br /> <br />Scientific name: Falco sparverius, <br /> <br />Rank: Species, <br /> <br />Higher classification: Falcon, <br /> <br />Kingdom: Animalia, <br /> <br />Phylum: Chordata, <br /> <br />Class: Aves, <br /> <br />Order: Falconiformes, <br /> <br />Family: Falconidae, <br /> <br />Genus: Falco, <br /> <br />Species: F. sparverius,
