Species Report
American Kestrel

Total number of 2,500 hectare plots where this species is found: 95 ( 10.9% of plots )

CATEGORY	Hectares, 1994	% of Total, 1994	Hectares, 1999	% of Total, 1999	Hectares, 2004	% of Total, 2004
Forest - Total (All Categories)	134015.5	50.92	136042.7	57.28	135759.6	57.16
Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Forest	49780.5	18.92	43178.8	18.18	42149.7	17.75
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland and Forest	6068.7	2.31	4567.4	1.92	4405.2	1.85
Central Interior Highlands Glade and Barrens	4482.0	1.70	3536.9	1.49	3482.4	1.47
Mesic Hardwood Forest	89.8	0.03	79.5	0.03	78.1	0.03
Dry-Mesic Oak Forest	32397.9	12.31	24694.2	10.40	23772.5	10.01
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest	16179.1	6.15	13769.9	5.80	12382.9	5.21
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream Forest	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00
Lower Mississippi River Low Bottomland Forest	6480.0	2.46	5085.3	2.14	5068.4	2.13
Lower Mississippi River High Bottomland Forest	16332.5	6.21	13279.5	5.59	13088.3	5.51
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depression	1156.4	0.44	983.0	0.41	928.2	0.39
Lower Mississippi River Riparian Forest	82.1	0.03	34.6	0.01	37.9	0.02
Sweetgum	966.4	0.37	801.1	0.34	797.9	0.34
Forest - Unknown Category	0.0	0.00	26032.5	10.96	29568.3	12.45
Cropland	52625.3	20.00	36207.5	15.25	34816.7	14.66
Pastureland	64914.3	24.67	50612.0	21.31	45665.3	19.23
Herbaceous	948.9	0.36	2416.8	1.02	3688.0	1.55
Bare/Barren	9.4	0.00	160.8	0.07	415.2	0.17
Urban	2356.2	0.90	5042.4	2.12	11017.0	4.64
Water	7229.3	2.75	6045.1	2.55	5165.9	2.18
Unknown (No Data)	1071.9	0.41	968.0	0.41	967.5	0.41