Kestrels and falcons are each others closest relatives.
Both are more closely related to parrots than to kites hawks and eagles. In fact falcons are more closely related to tits than to hawks. But tits are more closely related to parrots than to falcons. Fuck, eagles and hawks are more closely related to woodpeckers than to falcons.
Bird cladistics is wild!
















Clints Reptiles for more interesting cladistic facts. https://youtu.be/7xv3NLGO5do
or Ze Frank for: Wow, look at those boobies! https://youtu.be/oGdVSvsiaOk and New Caledonian Crows don’t have the right peckers. https://youtu.be/B-HF-wBwQsc