• The common kestrel is a highly adaptable species found in a wide range of habitats. It occurs on plains but avoids dense forests and completely treeless steppes.

Eurasian kestrels inhabit diverse landscapes including dry land, highlands and tundra, ground forests, ground meadows and steppes. The species occupies mixed temperate forests with warm summers and many oak, birch, and maple trees, flooded meadows with abundant grass where the ground is often inundated, and taiga characterized by cold winters and numerous coniferous trees such as spruce and pine. The climate varies considerably, encompassing very hot summers exceeding 25 to 30 degrees Celsius, consistently wet conditions with frequent rain and high humidity, steppes with plentiful grass and infrequent rainfall, warm or hot summers, and warm summers accompanied by abundant rainfall. Eurasian kestrels are found at altitudes up to 2 kilometers.