The banded kestrel (Falco zoniventris) is a bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae.

The underparts are whitish with dark grey streaks on the throat and upper breast and dark grey barring on the lower breast and belly.

It is fairly common in the southern and western parts of Madagascar but more local in the north and east and absent from the central plateau.

It feeds on small reptiles such as chamaeleons and day geckos, large insects such as grasshoppers and beetles and occasionally on birds.

Prey is caught on the ground or snatched from a branch or tree trunk.