American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | California Counties |
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Fledging or Weaning Rate | 3.1 | fledged/active nest | Both Male and Female | Fledgling | 36 nests | Great Basin (1260-2340 m) | Exposure Factor Datasets | Lassen | |
Time of Mating/ Laying | May 22 | median date of laying | Female | Adult | 27 pairs | Great Basin (elev. 1260-2340 m) | Exposure Factor Datasets | Lassen | |
Time of Hatching or Parturition | June 21 | median hatching date | Both Male and Female | Hatchling | 27 pairs | Great Basin (elev. 1260-2340 m) | Exposure Factor Datasets | Lassen | |
Time of Fledging or Metamorphosis | July 29 | median fledging date | Both Male and Female | Fledgling | 27 pairs | Great Basin (elev. 1260-2340 m) | Exposure Factor Datasets | Lassen |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Condition | Error |
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Body Fat (total or %) | 8.51 | percent body fat calculated from total body electrical conductivity | % | Female | Adult | 13 | Cape May | Exposure Factor Datasets | migrating | 2.00 SE |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | California Counties | Condition |
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Dietary Composition | mammal (57%), insect (42%), other (1%) | percent composition of sample pellets (by volume) | Both Male and Female | Adult | 59 pellets | agricultural lands | Exposure Factor Datasets | Yolo | breeding |
Dietary Composition | mammal (43%), insect (51%), other (6%) | percent composition of sample pellets (by volume) | Both Male and Female | Adult | 71 pellets | agricultural lands | Exposure Factor Datasets | Yolo | breeding |
Dietary Composition | mammal (39%), insect (60%), other (6%) | percent composition of sample pellets (by volume) | Both Male and Female | Adult | 95 pellets | agricultural lands | Exposure Factor Datasets | Yolo | breeding |
Dietary Composition | mammal (24%), insect (74%), other (2%) | percent composition of sample pellets (by volume) | Both Male and Female | Adult | 104 pellets | agricultural lands | Exposure Factor Datasets | Yolo | breeding |
Dietary Composition | mammal (82%), insect (16%), other (2%) | percent composition of sample pellets (by volume) | Both Male and Female | Adult | 116 pellets | agricultural lands | Exposure Factor Datasets | Yolo |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Lab |
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Surface Area | 7.15 x 10E-3 | ventral surface area | m^2 | Not Reported | Adult | Not Reported | Exposure Factor Datasets | Laboratory |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Condition | Lab |
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Territory Size | observed range of movement, based on observations of individuals | mi^2 | Not Reported | Adult | 8 birds | Superior Township | Exposure Factor Datasets | |||
Fledging or Weaning Rate | 4.2 | number of fledglings produced per pair | fledglings/pair | Not Reported | Fledgling | 10 nests | Jackson Hole | Exposure Factor Datasets | ||
Territory Size | observed range of movement during nesting, based on observations of individual or pair movements | mi^2 | Not Reported | Adult | 11 birds | Jackson Hole | Exposure Factor Datasets | |||
Dietary Composition | white-footed mice (6.0%), meadow mice (78.9%), shrews (1.3%), pocket gopher (1.0%), uinta ground squirrel (0.3%), sm-med sized birds (5.7%), insects (59.9%) | percent occurrence of prey items in pellets during nesting | % | Not Reported | Not Reported | 299 pellets from 8 nests | Jackson Hole | Exposure Factor Datasets | ||
Food Ingestion Rate | averages of food amounts eaten per day | g | Both Male and Female | Not Reported | 3 birds | Exposure Factor Datasets | captive | Laboratory | ||
Population Density | 1 | density of nesting pairs | pair/1.1 mi^2 | Both Male and Female | Adult | 10 nests | Jackson Hole | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | California Counties | Condition |
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Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning | d | Both Male and Female | Fledgling | Not Reported | Sagehen Creek Field Station | Exposure Factor Datasets | Nevada, Sierra | |||
Clutch or Litter Size | 4 | average clutch size | eggs/clutch | Female | Adult | 42 | Sagehen Creek Field Station | Exposure Factor Datasets | Nevada, Sierra | |
Duration of Incubation or Gestation | d | Both Male and Female | Embryo | Not Reported | Sagehen Creek Field Station | Exposure Factor Datasets | Nevada, Sierra | |||
Home Range | 109.4 | average home range - breeding | ha | Both Male and Female | Adult | 32 | Sagehen Creek Field Station | Exposure Factor Datasets | Nevada, Sierra | |
Time of Mating/ Laying | late May - June | entire laying period | Female | Adult | Not Reported | Sagehen Creek Field Station | Exposure Factor Datasets | Nevada, Sierra | ||
Time of Molt | May - September | Both Male and Female | Adult | Not Reported | Sagehen Creek Field Station | Exposure Factor Datasets | Nevada, Sierra | |||
Fledging or Weaning Rate | 98 | of chicks that hatched | % | Both Male and Female | Fledgling | 150 | Sagehen Creek Field Station | Exposure Factor Datasets | Nevada, Sierra | |
Growth Rate | y = 8.89 + 7.33x | growth rate from day 3-16 | Male | Nestling | Not Reported | Sagehen Creek Field Station | Exposure Factor Datasets | Nevada, Sierra | ||
Growth Rate | y = 7.77 + 7.44x | growth rate from day 3-16 | Female | Nestling | Not Reported | Sagehen Creek Field Station | Exposure Factor Datasets | Nevada, Sierra | ||
Hatching Success | 89.3 | % | Both Male and Female | Hatchling | 168 | Sagehen Creek Field Station | Exposure Factor Datasets | Nevada, Sierra | ||
Dietary Composition | insects (31.7%), reptiles (26.0%), birds (16.6%), mammals (25.7%) | percent of prey by prey weight | Both Male and Female | Adult | Not Reported | Sagehen Creek Field Station | Exposure Factor Datasets | Nevada, Sierra | breeding |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Condition |
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Population Density | individuals per 52 km^2 | Both Male and Female | Adult | Not Reported | southcentral area, agricultural lands | Exposure Factor Datasets | wintering |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Condition |
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Body Fat (total or %) | mean percent body fat as measured by fat extraction from April to September | % | Male | Adult | 14 | Cache county | Exposure Factor Datasets | premigratory |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Countries |
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Longevity | 11-07 | from USFWS Bird Banding Laboratory data | yr-mo | Not Reported | Adult | 1832 band recoveries | Exposure Factor Datasets | USA |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Condition | Error | Lab |
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Duration of Incubation or Gestation | 27 | mean number of days between 5th egg laid and 5th egg hatched | d | Both Male and Female | Embryo | 3 eggs | Exposure Factor Datasets | 0.58 SE | Laboratory | ||
Time of Mating/ Laying | March-May | period of laying | Female | Adult | Not Reported | Exposure Factor Datasets | breeding | Laboratory | |||
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning | 28.4 | mean nestling period | d | Both Male and Female | Fledgling | 29 chicks | Exposure Factor Datasets | Laboratory |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Error | Lab |
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Metabolic Rate | 23.06 | daily energy metabolism based on heart rate (30 C) and a linear regression equation for heart rate and volume of oxygen consumed | kcal/d | Not Reported | Adult | 1 | Exposure Factor Datasets | 1.03 SE | Laboratory |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Lab |
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Metabolic Rate | 40.8 | existence metabolism as measured by the difference between food energy and energy in egesta of birds maintained at constant body mass for periods of 3 or more days | kcal/d | Not Reported | Adult | Not Reported | Exposure Factor Datasets | Laboratory |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Error | Lab |
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Body Fat (total or %) | 2.46 | total body fat based on Soxhlet fat extraction | g | Both Male and Female | Adult | 21 | Exposure Factor Datasets | 0.25 SE | Laboratory |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Error |
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Fledging or Weaning Rate | 4.0 | average number of young fledged | fledges/nest | Not Reported | Fledgling | 4 nests | Hanford Site, Benton and Franklin Counties | Exposure Factor Datasets | 0.41 |
Population Density | 10 | number of nesting pairs counted annually on study site | pairs/1476 sq km | Both Male and Female | Adult | 4 years | Hanford Site, Benton and Franklin Counties | Exposure Factor Datasets | |
Population Density | 20 | number of individual kestrels counted annually on study site | individuals/1476 sq km | Both Male and Female | Adult | 4 years | Hanford Site, Benton and Franklin Counties | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | California Counties |
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Dietary Composition | invertebrates (10.5%), herpetofauna (2.4%), mammals (79.1%), birds (8.0%) | dietary composition (% of total biomass), 1972-1973 | Female | Not Reported | 4 | Arcata Bottoms | Exposure Factor Datasets | Humboldt |
Dietary Composition | invertebrates (39.3%), herpetofauna (37.9%), mammals (22.8%) | dietary composition (% of total biomass), 1973-1974 | Female | Not Reported | 3 | Arcata Bottoms | Exposure Factor Datasets | Humboldt |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | California Counties |
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Dietary Composition | insects (97%), isopod (5%), birds (27%), mammals (25%) | percent occurrence in sample pellets | Not Reported | Not Reported | Not Reported | agricultural lands | Exposure Factor Datasets | Tulare |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Countries |
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Body Weight - Mean | 102.5 | g | Male | Adult | 88 | throughout USA | Exposure Factor Datasets | USA | |
Body Weight - Mean | 119.0 | g | Female | Adult | 72 | throughout USA | Exposure Factor Datasets | USA | |
Time of Molt | July-October/November | period of molt | Both Male and Female | Adult | Not Reported | throughout USA | Exposure Factor Datasets | USA | |
Survival/ Mortality | 57 | average annual mortality of banded individuals (over 6 years) | % | Both Male and Female | Both Adults and Juveniles | Not Reported | throughout USA | Exposure Factor Datasets | USA |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type |
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Duration of Incubation or Gestation | 30.9 | incubation period | d | Both Male and Female | Embryo | 2 clutches (8 eggs) | Berks county | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Survival/ Mortality | 78 | hatching success | % | Both Male and Female | Hatchling | 55 eggs (14 clutches) | Berks county | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Clutch or Litter Size | 4.23 | eggs | Female | Adult | 13 clutches | Berks county | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Condition |
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Population Density | 48 | individuals in 175 km2 | Both Male and Female | Both Adults and Juveniles | 1 study area | agricultural lands, woodlots, meadows | Exposure Factor Datasets | |
Population Density | 50 | individuals in 175 km2 | Both Male and Female | Adult | 1 study area | agricultural lands, woodlots, meadows | Exposure Factor Datasets | Breeding |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type |
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Fledging or Weaning Rate | 49% | mean percent of successful nests per year | % | Both Male and Female | Adult | 259 nesting attempts | Berks and Lehigh counties | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type |
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Time of Migration or Dispersal | August (begin) | period of fall migration of individuals fledged in northern CA, or at high elevations | Both Male and Female | Both Adults and Juveniles | Not Reported | throughout state | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Time of Migration or Dispersal | February (peak) | period of spring migration of individuals fledged in northern CA, or at high elevations | Both Male and Female | Both Adults and Juveniles | Not Reported | throughout state | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Error | Lab |
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Growth Rate | 0.250 | growth rate of body weight in parent-reared birds | Male | Nestling | 11 birds | Exposure Factor Datasets | Laboratory | |||
Growth Rate | 0.239 | growth rate of body weight in parent-reared birds | Female | Nestling | 8 birds | Exposure Factor Datasets | Laboratory | |||
Body Weight - Mean | 113.4 | average body weight | g | Male | Adult | 25 birds | Exposure Factor Datasets | 2.0 SE | Laboratory | |
Body Weight - Mean | 120.2 | average body weight | g | Female | Adult | 26 birds | Exposure Factor Datasets | 5.3 SE | Laboratory |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type |
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Clutch or Litter Size | 4.4 | mean clutch size (4 sample years) | eggs/clutch | Female | Adult | 7-23 nests/year | Lucas and Wayne Counties (40deg57'N, 93deg18'W) | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Fledging or Weaning Rate | 89% | mean percent of young hatched that fledged (4 sample years) | % | Not Reported | Juvenile | 148 hatchlings | Lucas and Wayne Counties (40deg57'N, 93deg18'W) | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Hatching Success | 68% | mean percent of eggs hatched of total eggs laid (4 sample years) | % | Not Reported | Juvenile | 217 eggs | Lucas and Wayne Counties (40deg57'N, 93deg18'W) | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Condition |
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Fledging or Weaning Rate | 5.0 | three year mean fledging rate | number of fledglings per nest | Both Male and Female | Fledgling | 28 pairs | rural and urban lands | Exposure Factor Datasets | Breeding |
Clutch or Litter Size | 5.1 | mean clutch size over 3 years | eggs per nest | Female | Adult | 28 pairs | rural and urban lands | Exposure Factor Datasets | Breeding |
Population Density | 0.06 | mean pair density in study area (194 km2) | pairs per km2 | Both Male and Female | Adult | 5 years | rural and urban lands | Exposure Factor Datasets | Breeding |
Population Density | 0.22 | mean density in study area | individuals per km2 | Both Male and Female | Both Adults and Juveniles | 5 years | rural and urban lands | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | California Counties |
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Dietary Composition | invertebrates (85.4%), vertebrates (14.6%) | relative numbers of dietary items captured | Not Reported | Not Reported | 24 birds | Arcata Bottoms; pasture | Exposure Factor Datasets | Humboldt |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Countries | Error |
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Clutch or Litter Size | 4.59 | eggs/clutch | Female | Adult | 244 | Exposure Factor Datasets | 0.60 SD | |||
Survival/ Mortality | 0.602 | mortality rate estimate for banded individuals | Both Male and Female | Both Adults and Juveniles | 118 | throughout USA and Canada | Exposure Factor Datasets | 0.035 SD | ||
Survival/ Mortality | 0.465 | mortality rate of banded individuals, 1946-65 | Both Male and Female | Adult | 6,544 | throughout USA and Canada | Exposure Factor Datasets | CANADA, USA | 0.017 SD |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Lab |
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Food Ingestion Rate | 0.42 | mean caloric consumption per g body weight per day (wet weight basis) | kcal/g/day | Male | Adult | 2 | Exposure Factor Datasets | Laboratory |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Condition | Error | Lab |
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Inhalation Rate | 35.4 | mean resting respiratory rate | #/min | Not Reported | Adult | 4 | Exposure Factor Datasets | crippled, non-releasable | 3.21 SD | Laboratory |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type |
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Clutch or Litter Size | 4.1 | mean brood size (13 sample years) | young/nest | Not Reported | Juvenile | 37 successful nests | Portage County (44deg27'N, 89deg40'W) | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Fledging or Weaning Rate | 88% | percent of nests that fledged at least one young | % | Not Reported | Juvenile | 42 nests | Portage County (44deg27'N, 89deg40'W) | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | California Counties |
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Time of Migration or Dispersal | August (begin), October (peak), November (end) | time period of fall migration | Both Male and Female | Not Reported | 276 | Pt. Diablo, Marin Headlands | Exposure Factor Datasets | Marin |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type |
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Population Density | 4 | wintering population size | individuals/43 sq mi | Not Reported | Not Reported | Not Reported | agricultural lands | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Population Density | 0.58 | breeding population density | birds/mi2 | Not Reported | Not Reported | 25 birds | agricultural lands | Exposure Factor Datasets |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Condition | Lab |
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Food Ingestion Rate | 43.6 | average and range of daily caloric intake (food provided ad libidum) | cal/d | Male | Adult | 1 bird | Exposure Factor Datasets | sedentary, injured | Laboratory |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Error |
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Body Weight - Mean | 110.7 | mean body weight measured over 4 years | g | Male | Both Adults and Juveniles | 69 | coastal southern CA | Exposure Factor Datasets | 1.1 SE |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | Countries |
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Longevity | 118 | longest survival of a banded individual | mo | Both Male and Female | Both Adults and Juveniles | 1,017 records of mortality | Exposure Factor Datasets | USA |
Exposure Endpoint Type | Endpoint Value | Endpoint Description | Units | Sex | Life Cycle Stage | Sample Size | Location | Type | California Counties |
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Fledging or Weaning Rate | 2.2 | fledging rate per successful nest | fledglings per nest | Both Male and Female | Fledgling | 17 | American River; oak woodlands, grasslands, residential | Exposure Factor Datasets | Sacramento |