Taxon profile

genus

Falcon
Falco Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Aves - birds » order Falconiformes » family Falconidae - caracaras and falcons

Scientific synonyms

Archifalco Boetticher, 1927
Cerchneis F. Boie, 1826
Eufalco Acloque, 1900
Euhierax Webb & Berthelot, 1841
Hieracidea Strickland, 1841
Hierofalco Cuvier, 1816
Hypotriorchis F. Boie, 1826
Ieracidea Gould, 1838
Megacerchneis Roberts, 1922
Notofalco Mathews, 1913

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Included taxa

Number of records: 48

species Falco alopex (Heuglin, 1861) - Fox Kestrel

species Falco amurensis Radde, 1863 - Amur Falcon

species Falco araeus (Oberholser, 1917) - Seychelles Kestrel

species Falco ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1823 - Grey Kestrel

species Falco berigora Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - Brown Falcon

species Falco biarmicus Temminck, 1825 - Lanner Falcon

species Falco cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - Nankeen Kestrel

species Falco cherrug J. E. Gray, 1834 - Saker Falcon

species Falco chicquera Daudin, 1800 - Red-necked Falcon

species Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758 - Merlin

species Falco concolor Temminck, 1825 - Sooty Falcon

species Falco cuvierii A. Smith, 1830 - African Hobby

species Falco deiroleucus Temminck, 1825 - Orange-breasted Falcon

species Falco dickinsoni P. L. Sclater, 1864 - Dickinson's Kestrel

species Falco duboisi G.S. Cowles, 1994 - Reunion Kestrel ^†

species Falco eleonorae Géné, 1839 - Eleonora's Falcon

species Falco fasciinucha Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 - Taita Falcon

species Falco femoralis Temminck, 1822 - Aplomado Falcon

species Falco hypoleucos Gould, 1841 - Grey Falcon

species Falco jugger J. E. Gray, 1834 - Laggar Falcon

species Falco longipennis Swainson, 1838 - Australian Hobby

species Falco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850 - Prairie Falcon

species Falco moluccensis (Bonaparte, 1850) - Spotted Kestrel

species Falco naumanni Fleischer, 1818 - Lesser Kestrel

species Falco newtoni (J. H. Gurney, 1863) - Malagasy Kestrel

species Falco novaeseelandiae J. F. Gmelin, 1788 - New Zealand Falcon

species Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 - Peregrine Falcon

species Falco punctatus Temminck, 1821 - Mauritius Kestrel

species Falco rufigularis Daudin, 1800 - Bat Falcon

species Falco rupicoloides A. Smith, 1829 - Greater Kestrel

species Falco rupicolus Daudin, 1800 - Rock Kestrel

species Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758 - Gyrfalcon

species Falco severus Horsfield, 1821 - Oriental Hobby

species Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 - American Kestrel

species Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian Hobby

species Falco subniger G. R. Gray, 1843 - Black Falcon

species Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 - Common Kestrel

species Falco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766 - Red-footed Falcon

species Falco zoniventris W. Peters, 1854 - Banded Kestrel

Fossil taxa

species Falco antiquus Mourer-Chauviré ^†

species Falco bakalovi Bojev, 1998 ^†

species Falco hezhengensis Li, Zhou, Deng, Li & Clarke, 2014 ^†

species Falco kurochkini Suárez W. & S.L. Olson, 2001 ^†

species Falco medius Umanskaja A. S., 1981 ^†

species Falco oregonus P. Brodkorb, 1964 ^†

species Falco umanskajae Sobolev, D.V., 2003 ^†

Hybrids

hybrid Falco peregrinus × mexicanus

hybrid Falco rusticulus × cherrug

Links and literature

Australian Faunal Directory [96da7c2f-7aa8-43e9-8e4a-d4b4196107de]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Tinnunculus Vieillot, 1807]
Data retrieved on: 7 February 2015

Australian Faunal Directory [bdb50adb-2f48-4f80-b7b3-2a26d0cb10a1]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Falco Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 6 February 2015

Australian Faunal Directory [bf2b87f9-8f67-4f70-b095-c87989c1f5e9]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Ieracidea Gould, 1838]
Data retrieved on: 7 February 2015

Australian Faunal Directory [c0bad7b4-f4c7-45bf-91eb-ddf71744ed78]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Hierofalco Cuvier, 1816]
Data retrieved on: 7 February 2015

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1205699]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Falco Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (eds): IOC World Bird List 11.1 [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/] [as Falco Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 22 April 2021

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