Kestrelflight

Kestrelflight is a mottled, brownish-gray tom with white splotches like kestrel feathers.

The Sight

 * Kestrelpaw is a medicine cat apprentice; his mentor seen as Barkface. He is mentioned to be sick with whitecough and is unable to come to the Moonpool just as Leafpool, the ThunderClan medicine cat, gains Jaypaw for an apprentice.


 * Later, after he had recovered from whitecough, he and Weaselfur go to ThunderClan to ask for some catmint for two of their elders. Leafpool tells them that ThunderClan is also low on catmint, but suggests that the RiverClan medicine cat, Mothwing, may have some. With Brambleclaw and Thornclaw, Leafpool agrees to go to RiverClan with Kestrelpaw and Weaselfur. Mothwing has enough catmint to give both to Clans.

Dark River

 * He is at the next medicine cat meeting walking with Willowpaw to the Moonpool. Ahead of them is Jaypaw, who slows down to allow them to catch up with him, but Willowpaw always slows down with Kestrelpaw matching her step.


 * Kestrelpaw is surprised to see how high up the water is at the Moonpool, saying it was wide enough to hold every star in the sky.

Outcast

 * At the half moon Gathering, he walks with Jaypaw, asking him what it's like to be blind. Jaypaw tells him that everything is dark, but his other senses are sharper because of it. Kestrelpaw sympathizes with him, making the ThunderClan apprentice angry.

Eclipse

 * Barkface does not bring Kestrelpaw with him to the next half moon meeting, stating to the other medicine cats that he had trodden on a thorn and had to stay in camp, though Jaypaw suspects that he stayed behind to keep from being asked any difficult questions about the prey-stealing from Leafpool.

Long Shadows

 * Jaypaw enters his dream with the intent of finding out where the supply of was catmint on WindClan territory. Kestrelpaw treats Jaypaw with kindness, not suspecting Jaypaw's true intention. He brags that WindClan's territory holds many herbs, even though it looks barren. He goes on to tell Jaypaw that they have plenty of catmint, even showing him where it was. A rabbit then appears, and Kestrelpaw chases after it, allowing Jaypaw a chance to get away from him.


 * At the next half moon meeting, he watches Jaypaw receive his medicine cat name, Jayfeather. It is noted by Jayfeather that he looks just like Owl Feather.

Sunrise

 * He is at the next Moonpool meeting with his mentor, Barkface. They wait for Jayfeather to catch up to them, not mentioning anything about Sol, a cat who the Clans believed traitorous and that ThunderClan was keeping prisoner.

The Fourth Apprentice

 * Kestrelflight is seen briefly at a Gathering, looking nervous after Onestar had announced the death of Barkface, making Kestrelflight the sole medicine cat of WindClan.

Fading Echoes

 * Kestrelflight makes a minor appearance at the Moonpool at the half-moon Gathering when he and Flametail tease Littlecloud about him getting old.

Night Whispers

 * Kestrelflight is seen with the other medicine cats at the Moonpool. He is walking with Barkface, the former WindClan medicine cat. When Daisytail tells him that there will be a time where they must stand and fight, he reminds her that medicine cats follow a different code than warriors. Then, when Barkface says that he should trust his ancestors instead of the other Clans, he looks ruffled, and says that Tallstar had never seen weakness in allying with other Clans. This reminds Kestrelflight of Tallstar's close friendship with Firestar.

Sign of the Moon

 * Kestrelflight is seen at the Gathering crouched under a thorn bush, eyes narrowed as if he was giving the whole Gathering a suspicious glare and is keeping strictly to his own Clan as all the medicine cats are at that Gathering. That worries Dovewing because medicine cats don't usually have boundaries that warriors have.


 * Kestrelflight is later heard by Dovewing. He is trying to save Antpelt's life but although he tries, Antpelt dies of his injuries from the Dark Forest.

The Forgotten Warrior

 * Kestrelflight is first seen at the gathering, sitting apart with the other medicine cats but not talking to or acknowledging the others, save for Mothwing who attempts to talk but is quickly put down.


 * He is later seen at the next gathering, again sitting with the other medicine cats but not speaking. When Jayfeather is accused of murdering Flametail, Kestrelflight and the others agree that Jayfeahter should be suspended from being ThunderClan's medicine cat until he is proven innocent. Jayfeather retorts by revealing that he is aware that the other medicine cats have been visited by their ancestors and told that their Clans need to stand alone against the coming darkness, refusing to give up his position as medicine cat.