Editing Nankeen kestrel (section)

==Description==
[[Image:Nankeen Kestrel with kill in Botany Bay, 2025.jpg|thumb|With kill in beak, [[Botany Bay]], [[Sydney]]]]
[[File:Juvenile Nankeen Kestrel, Carnarvon, Western Australia.jpg|thumb|Juvenile nankeen kestrel, Carnarvon, Western Australia]]
The nankeen kestrel is a small, slim falcon {{convert|28|to|35|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long with a wingspan of {{cvt|66 to 78|cm}}.<ref name=Debus>Debus, S. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). "Australian Kestrel (Falco cenchroides), version 1.0." In ''Birds of the World'' (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. {{doi|10.2173/bow.auskes1.01}}</ref> The male weighs {{cvt|121 to 195|g}} while the female weighs {{cvt|115 to 273|g}}.<ref name=Debus></ref> It has pale rufous upper-parts with contrasting black flight-feathers and is finely streaked white below, with a black subterminal band.<ref name=Morombe>Morcombe, Michael (2012) ''Field Guide to Australian Birds.'' Pascal Press, Glebe, NSW. Revised edition. {{ISBN|978174021417-9}}</ref> The {{Birdgloss|cere}}, eye-ring, and legs are yellow.<ref name=Pizzey>Pizzey, Graham and Doyle, Roy. (1980) ''A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia''. Collins Publishers, Sydney. {{ISBN|073222436-5}}</ref> The male has a pale grey crown and tail with a darker grey tear-mark, while the female and juvenile have a pale rufous crown and finely barred rufous tail.<ref name=Pizzey></ref> Plumage varies considerably in detail, and some birds can look very scruffy, but the slim build, small size and distinctive straight-winged hovering habit make identification easy. The only other Australasian raptors to hover are the [[elanid kite]]s, which are much lighter in colour and a little larger, and the [[brown falcon]], which is much larger and more heavily built, and hovers only occasionally. Altogether, the nankeen kestrel looks just like a pale, less patterned, and smaller derivate of the Eurasian kestrel, which it indeed is (see [[Gloger's Rule]], [[Bergmann's Rule]]).{{cn|date=October 2018}}