Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) pictures (also known as Barred Kestrel)

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Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) preening on a bare branch. Lily Arison Rene de Roland
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) perched on a bare branch. The stout bill of the Banded Kestrel is clear in this picture. Lily Arison Rene de Roland
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) perched on a bare branch. Lily Arison Rene de Roland
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) habitiat.  Dry deciduous forest photographed in the Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar. Anthony van Zyl
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) photographed in the Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar. Anthony van Zyl
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) habitiat.  Dry deciduous forest edge with open pastures photographed in the Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar. Anthony van Zyl
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) photographed in the Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar. Anthony van Zyl
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) photographed in the Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar. Note the heavy tail, much like the large tail of Fox Kestrel. Anthony van Zyl
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) perched on a bare branch. Note the pale eye and short wings. Lily Arison Rene de Roland
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) perched on a bare branch. Lily Arison Rene de Roland
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) perched on a bare branch. Lily Arison Rene de Roland
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) perched on a bare branch. Lily Arison Rene de Roland
Immature Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) eating a chameleon. Note the heavy bill and light coloured eye. Photo courtesy of Tropical Birding. Christian Boix
Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) on a nest in an epiphyte in a tree. Russell Thorstrom
Incubating Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) on a nest. Note the very interesting eye colour for a kestrel. Russell Thorstrom
A perched Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) showing the barred plumage on back and wings, strange eye colour and heavy bill. This individual was radio tracked in a study by the Peregrine Fund and the transmitter is visible under its feathers on its back. Russell Thorstrom
A Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) eating on a branch. Russell Thorstrom
A close up view of a Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) in the hand. Russell Thorstrom