The American kestrel is like a falcon. An American kestrel can protect itself by its speed and eyesight. The speed of the bird is 290 km/h. It drops down from the sky onto fields for its prey. It doesn't like when things are behind it.

It is 13 inches or 33 cm long. The color of the female is brownish and the male is slate blue. Its body shape is bullet-like.

In reproduction, their eggs are thin-shelled and break easily. Also 3-5 young are hatched. After about two and a half weeks, they grow to about adult size.

In observing the American kestrel at the zoo we noticed that it is a very small falcon. It also gets out of control when it sees too many people. It loves to walk around by itself

The American kestrel's habitat is found in a variety of places like parks, suburbs, open fields, forest edges, alpine zones, and deserts. But its main living places would be in central Mexico, the Baja, Caribbean, western Alaska, and also South America. Its niche would be making the water clearer.

Its adaptations would be making nests. This bird doesn't migrate because it is used to its environment in warm climates.