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