Dickinson's kestrel (Falco dickinsoni) is a bird of prey of southern and eastern Africa belonging to the falcon family Falconidae.

It is named after John Dickinson, an English physician and missionary who collected the type specimen.

The tail is grey with narrow black bars and a broad subterminal band.

Juvenile birds are grey-brown with barred flanks and without the paler head and rump.

Its range covers most of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi along with north-eastern South Africa (mainly in Kruger National Park), northern Botswana, north-east Namibia, eastern Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and parts of Tanzania.

The breeding season lasts from July to October in Tanzania and September to December further south.

It is sited 2 to 18 m (6.6 to 59.1 ft) above the ground in the crown of a dead palm or in a hole in a baobab.