Kestrel (disambiguation)

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A kestrel is a type of bird.

• Common kestrel, the most common species

Kestrel may also refer to:

Aerospace, aviation, vehicles

• Kestrel (rocket engine)
• Kestrel, the Glasflügel 401 fibreglass glider
  • The Slingsby Kestrel, UK version of this glider
• Hawker Siddeley P.1127 "Kestrel", a prototype of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier aircraft
• Miles Kestrel, a private venture aircraft developed into the Miles Master
• Rolls-Royce Kestrel, a piston engine
• Kestrel, a British Rail HS4000 prototype diesel locomotive
• Riley Kestrel, a badge-engineered version of the BMC ADO16 or Morris 1100 car
• KESTREL, the call sign of UK-based Thomas Cook Airlines
• Kestrel (dinghy)
• VH-71 Kestrel helicopter
• Kestrel JP10, a prototype air taxi
• Kestrel (surveillance system)

Computer software

• "Kestrel", codename for the J2SE 1.3 release of the Java programming language
• "Kestrel", codename for Opera web browser version 9.5
• Kestrel (software), a queue system developed by Twitter based on Starling
• Kestrel Institute, a spin-off company of SRI International

Fiction and entertainment

• The Kestrel, a novel by Lloyd Alexander
• Kestrel, a fictional character from the animated TV series The Animals of Farthing Wood
• Kestrel (DC Comics), a comics character, supervillain antagonist of Hawk and Dove
• Kestrel (Marvel Comics), a comics character, a test subject of the Weapon X Project
• Kestrel, the main character of the web comic Queen of Wands
• Kestrel, a character in the The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
• Kestrel, a foe in the computer game Rogue
• Kestrel, spaceship in the massively-multiplayer online game Eve Online
• CVN-30, OFS Kestrel, a ship in the Ace Combat video games
• The Antonida Kestrel, a spaceship in the Escape Velocity video game trilogy
• McDonnell S2B Kestrel, an airplane in the computer game Crimson Skies
• Kestrel, a playable character in the computer game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
• Kestrel, a collection of modular armor pieces in the video game Mass Effect 2

Other

• Kestrel Mine, a coal mine operated by Rio Tinto Coal Australia
• Kestrel USA, an American bicycle manufacturer
• The Melbourne Kestrels, an Australian netball team
• Viking Kestrel, a children's book imprint

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