Noun
A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species.
Source: Webster's dictionary"I wish there were no more exams ever," said Kestrel. "I wish nothing bad happens to Kess," said Bowman. "I wish my darling children to be safe and happy for ever," said their mother. She always wished like that when she was worried. "I wish the wind singer would sing again," said their father. William Nicholson
My first lead role was a stage play called A Kestrel for a Knave. I was 11. Justin Chadwick
However, kestrels may more often prey on lizards at southern latitudes, in northern latitudes the kestrel is found to more often deliver lizards to their nestlings during midday and also with increasing ambient temperature. Source: Internet
Archaic names for the kestrel include windhover and wind-sucker, due to its habit of beating the wind (hovering in air). Source: Internet
Pliny numbered sixteen kinds of hawks, but named only aigithos, epileios, kenchrēïs (kestrel), kybindis, and triorchēs (buzzard). citation Groups Accipiter group The accipitrine hawks generally take birds as their primary prey. Source: Internet
New fossil record of the Late Pliocene kestrel (Falco bakalovi Boev, 1999) from the type locality in Bulgaria. Source: Internet