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
  • VH-71 Kestrel helicopter
  • Kestrel K-350, a prototype turboprop aircraft
  • Kestrel (surveillance system)
  • Seedwings Europe Kestrel, an Austrian hang glider design

Boats

  • Kestrel (dinghy)
  • Kestrel (steam yacht)

Computer software

  • "Kestrel", an open source web server for ASP.NET Core
  • "Kestrel", codename for the J2SE 1.3 release of the Java programming language
  • "Kestrel", codename for Opera web browser version 9.5
  • Kestrel Institute, a spin-off company of SRI International

Fiction and entertainment

Books

  • The Kestrel, a novel by Lloyd Alexander
  • Kestrel, a character in The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb

Comics

  • 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

Games

  • The Kestrel, the default unlocked and first playable ship in the roguelike space exploration game FTL: Faster Than Light
  • 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 Atinoda 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
  • Kestrel, a playable character and an archer in the video game Vainglory
  • Kestrel, a group of female human-vampire assassins descended from birds in the video game BloodRayne 2

Music

  • Kestrel, a song by the band Scale the Summit from their album V

Other

  • Kestrel coal mine, a coal mine operated by Rio Tinto Coal Australia
  • Kestrel (rocket launcher), a Taiwanese anti-tank weapon
  • Kestrel USA, an American bicycle manufacturer
  • The Melbourne Kestrels, an Australian netball team
  • Viking Kestrel, a children's book imprint