Kestrel (disambiguation)

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

 * The Kestrel, a novel by Lloyd Alexander
 * 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 Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
 * 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
 * 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