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href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header 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Available in 104 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-104" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">104 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fealcen" title="Fealcen – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Fealcen" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%82%D8%B1" title="صقر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="صقر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taguato" title="Taguato – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Taguato" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamani" title="Mamani – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Mamani" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%C4%B1z%C4%B1lqu%C5%9F" title="Qızılquş – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qızılquş" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siengan" title="Siengan – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Siengan" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eng-ch%C3%BAn" title="Eng-chún – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Eng-chún" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Ыласындар – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ыласындар" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Соколи – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Соколи" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falc%27hun" title="Falc'hun – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Falc'hun" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falc%C3%B3" title="Falcó – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Falcó" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%C4%83%D0%B9%D0%BA%C4%83%D1%80" title="Кăйкăр – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Кăйкăр" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_(rod)" title="Falco (rod) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Falco (rod)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falk" title="Falk – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Falk" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falken" title="Falken – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Falken" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B9" title="Γεράκι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γεράκι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falko" title="Falko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Falko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belatz" title="Belatz – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Belatz" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ee mw-list-item"><a href="https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitsui" title="Yitsui – Ewe" lang="ee" hreflang="ee" data-title="Yitsui" data-language-autonym="Eʋegbe" data-language-local-name="Ewe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eʋegbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%86" title="شاهین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شاهین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkur" title="Falkur – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Falkur" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faucon" title="Faucon – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Faucon" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falc%C3%B3n" title="Falcón – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Falcón" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Лаьчаш – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Лаьчаш" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%A4%EC%86%8D" title="매속 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="매속" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Բազեներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բազեներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8" title="श्येन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="श्येन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkono" title="Falkono – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Falkono" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkon" title="Falkon – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Falkon" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-iu mw-list-item"><a href="https://iu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%91%AD%E1%92%A1%E1%92%90%E1%95%95%E1%92%83" title="ᑭᒡᒐᕕᒃ – Inuktitut" lang="iu" hreflang="iu" data-title="ᑭᒡᒐᕕᒃ" data-language-autonym="ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut" data-language-local-name="Inuktitut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Уари – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Уари" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1lkar_(%C3%A6ttkv%C3%ADsl)" title="Fálkar (ættkvísl) – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Fálkar (ættkvísl)" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%96" title="בז – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בז" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%97" title="ಗಿಡುಗ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಗಿಡುಗ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%92%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98)" title="შავარდენი (გვარი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="შავარდენი (გვარი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eimqar" title="Şimqar – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Şimqar" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Шумкарлар – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Шумкарлар" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BB%81%E0%BA%AB%E0%BA%BC%E0%BA%A7" title="ແຫຼວ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ແຫຼວ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piek%C5%ABni" title="Piekūni – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Piekūni" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4" title="Кард – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Кард" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikrieji_sakalai" title="Tikrieji sakalai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Tikrieji sakalai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_(%C3%A1llatnem)" title="Falco (állatnem) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Falco (állatnem)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Сокол – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Сокол" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BA" title="ഫാൽക്കൺ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഫാൽക്കൺ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%82%D8%B1_(%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AD_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA)" title="صقر (جنس طائر جارح من فصيلة الصقريات) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="صقر (جنس طائر جارح من فصيلة الصقريات)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DA%86%DA%86%DA%A9" title="کچچک – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کچچک" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkon" title="Falkon – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Falkon" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Шонхор – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Шонхор" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%96%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AD%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%84%E1%80%BE%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA" title="ဖယ်ကွန်သိမ်းငှက် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဖယ်ကွန်သိမ်းငှက်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganivatu" title="Ganivatu – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Ganivatu" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_(geslacht)" title="Falco (geslacht) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Falco (geslacht)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A4%E3%83%96%E3%82%B5%E5%B1%9E" title="ハヤブサ属 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ハヤブサ属" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farcone" title="Farcone – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Farcone" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B0" title="Леча – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Леча" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langvingefalker" title="Langvingefalker – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Langvingefalker" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochin" title="Lochin – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Lochin" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC" title="ਬਾਜ਼ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬਾਜ਼" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%86" title="شاہین – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="شاہین" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%9A%D9%87" title="باښه – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="باښه" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feucon" title="Feucon – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Feucon" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_(rodzaj)" title="Falco (rodzaj) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Falco (rodzaj)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falc%C3%A3o" title="Falcão – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Falcão" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98oim_(gen_de_p%C4%83s%C4%83ri)" title="Șoim (gen de păsări) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Șoim (gen de păsări)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waman" title="Waman – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Waman" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8B" title="Соколы – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Соколы" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%85%D1%81%D0%BE%D2%95%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Мохсоҕол – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Мохсоҕол" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faucon" title="Faucon – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Faucon" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skifteri" title="Skifteri – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Skifteri" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon" title="Falcon – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Falcon" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2" title="باز – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="باز" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokol_(rod)" title="Sokol (rod) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Sokol (rod)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokol_(rod)" title="Sokol (rod) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Sokol (rod)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%95%DA%BE%DB%8E%D9%86" title="شەھێن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="شەھێن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="Соко – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Соко" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soko" title="Soko – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Soko" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalohaukat_(suku)" title="Jalohaukat (suku) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Jalohaukat (suku)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_(sl%C3%A4kte)" title="Falco (släkte) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Falco (släkte)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumagat_(ibon)" title="Dumagat (ibon) – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Dumagat (ibon)" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81" title="வல்லூறு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="வல்லூறு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aseflay" title="Aseflay – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Aseflay" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Лачыннар – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Лачыннар" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A7" title="เหยี่ยว – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เหยี่ยว" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do%C4%9Fan" title="Doğan – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Doğan" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BB" title="Сокіл – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Сокіл" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconinae" title="Falconinae – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Falconinae" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saklid" title="Saklid – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Saklid" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_C%E1%BA%AFt" title="Chi Cắt – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Chi Cắt" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A5con" title="Fåcon – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Fåcon" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco" title="Falco – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Falco" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9A%BC" title="隼 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="隼" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9A%BC%E5%B1%AC" title="隼屬 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="隼屬" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9A%BC" title="隼 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="隼" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tly mw-list-item"><a href="https://tly.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C7%A6%C9%99%C4%8Dy" 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(disambiguation)">Falcon (disambiguation)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Falcons_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Falcons (disambiguation)">Falcons (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox biota" style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Falcon<br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">Temporal range: <a href="/wiki/Late_Miocene" title="Late Miocene">Late Miocene</a> to present</div> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Brown-Falcon,-Vic,-3.1.2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Brown-Falcon%2C-Vic%2C-3.1.2008.jpg/250px-Brown-Falcon%2C-Vic%2C-3.1.2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Falco" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">Aves</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Falconiformes" title="Falconiformes">Falconiformes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Falconidae" title="Falconidae">Falconidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Subfamily: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Falconinae" title="Falconinae">Falconinae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Falco</i></a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">1758</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Type_species" title="Type species">Type species</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><i><a href="/wiki/Eurasian_hobby" title="Eurasian hobby">Falco subbuteo</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-HM4_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HM4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Species </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <p>38; see <a href="#Species">text</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><i>Aesalon</i></li> <li><i>Lithofalco</i></li> <li><i>Tinnunculus</i> <small>Linnaeus, 1766</small></li> <li><i>Hierofalco</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Cuvier" title="Frédéric Cuvier">Cuvier</a>, 1817</small></li> <li><i>Cerchneis</i> <small>Boie, 1826</small></li> <li><i>Hypotriorchis</i> <small>Boie, 1826</small></li> <li><i>Rhynchodon</i> <small>Nitzsch, 1829</small></li> <li><i>Ieracidea</i> <small><a href="/wiki/John_Gould" title="John Gould">Gould</a>, 1838</small></li> <li><i>Hieracidea</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Edwin_Strickland" title="Hugh Edwin Strickland">Strickland</a>, 1841 <a href="/wiki/Emendation_(zoology)" title="Emendation (zoology)">(unjustified emendation</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></li> <li><i>Gennaia</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Kaup" title="Johann Jakob Kaup">Kaup</a>, 1847</small></li> <li><i>Jerafalco</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Kaup" title="Johann Jakob Kaup">Kaup</a>, 1850 (unjustified emendation)</small></li> <li><i>Harpe</i> <small>Bonaparte, 1855 (<i>non</i> Lacepède 1802:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Homonym_(biology)" title="Homonym (biology)">preoccupied</a>)</small></li> <li><i>Dissodectes</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Philip_Sclater" title="Philip Sclater">Sclater</a>, 1864</small></li> <li><i>Harpa</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bowdler_Sharpe" title="Richard Bowdler Sharpe">Sharpe</a>, 1874 (<i>non</i> Pallas 1774: preoccupied)</small></li> <li><i>Gennadas</i> <small>Heine & <a href="/wiki/Anton_Reichenow" title="Anton Reichenow">Reichenow</a>, 1890<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (unjustified emendation)</small></li> <li><i>Nesierax</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Harry_Church_Oberholser" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Church Oberholser">Oberholser</a>, 1899</small></li> <li><i>Nesihierax</i> <small>Dubois, 1902 (unjustified emendation)</small></li> <li><i>Asturaetus</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Charles_Walter_De_Vis" title="Charles Walter De Vis">De Vis</a>, 1906 (non <i>Asturaetos</i> Brehm 1855: preoccupied)</small></li> <li><i>Plioaetus</i> <small><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wallace_Richmond" title="Charles Wallace Richmond">Richmond</a>, 1908</small></li> <li><i>Sushkinia</i> <small>Tugarinov, 1935 (<i>non</i> Martynov 1930: preoccupied) – see below</small></li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><b>Falcons</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/ɔː/: 'au' in 'fraud'">ɔː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>-,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>-/</a></span></span>) are <a href="/wiki/Birds_of_prey" class="mw-redirect" title="Birds of prey">birds of prey</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> <i><b>Falco</b></i>, which includes about 40 <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a>. Some small species of falcons with long, narrow <a href="/wiki/Bird_wing" title="Bird wing">wings</a> are called <a href="/wiki/Hobby_(bird)" title="Hobby (bird)">hobbies</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some that <a href="/wiki/Hover_(behaviour)#Wind_hoverers" title="Hover (behaviour)">hover</a> while hunting are called <a href="/wiki/Kestrel" title="Kestrel">kestrels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>, though closely related raptors did occur there in the <a href="/wiki/Eocene" title="Eocene">Eocene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Adult falcons have thin, tapered wings, which enable them to fly at high speed and change direction rapidly. Fledgling falcons, in their first year of flying, have longer <a href="/wiki/Flight_feather" title="Flight feather">flight feathers</a>, which make their configuration more like that of a general-purpose bird such as a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/broadwing" class="extiw" title="wikt:broadwing">broadwing</a>. This makes flying easier while still learning the aerial skills required to be effective hunters like the adults. </p><p>The falcons are the largest genus in the Falconinae <a href="/wiki/Subfamily" title="Subfamily">subfamily</a> of <a href="/wiki/Falconidae" title="Falconidae">Falconidae</a>, which also includes two other subfamilies comprising <a href="/wiki/Caracara_(subfamily)" title="Caracara (subfamily)">caracaras</a> and a few other species of "falcons". All these birds kill prey with their <a href="/wiki/Beak" title="Beak">beaks</a>, using a <a href="/wiki/Beak#Tomia" title="Beak">tomial</a> "tooth" on the side of their beaks—unlike the <a href="/wiki/Hawk" title="Hawk">hawks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eagle" title="Eagle">eagles</a> and other larger birds of prey from the unrelated family <a href="/wiki/Accipitridae" title="Accipitridae">Accipitridae</a>, who use <a href="/wiki/Talon_(anatomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Talon (anatomy)">talons</a> on their feet. </p><p>The largest falcon is the <a href="/wiki/Gyrfalcon" title="Gyrfalcon">gyrfalcon</a> at up to 65 cm (26 in) in length. The smallest falcon species is the <a href="/wiki/Pygmy_falcon" title="Pygmy falcon">pygmy falcon</a>, which measures just 20 cm (7.9 in). As with hawks and <a href="/wiki/Owl" title="Owl">owls</a>, falcons exhibit <a href="/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism" title="Sexual dimorphism">sexual dimorphism</a>, with the females typically larger than the males, thus allowing a wider range of prey species.<sup id="cite_ref-SPR_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SPR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As is the case with many birds of prey, falcons have exceptional powers of <a href="/wiki/Visual_perception" title="Visual perception">vision</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Visual_acuity" title="Visual acuity">visual acuity</a> of one species has been measured at 2.6 times that of <a href="/wiki/Human_eye" title="Human eye">human eyes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-j1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are incredibly fast fliers, with the <a href="/wiki/Peregrine_falcon" title="Peregrine falcon">Peregrine falcons</a> having been recorded diving at speeds of 320 km/h (200 mph), making them the fastest-moving creatures on Earth; the fastest recorded dive attained a vertical speed of 390 km/h (240 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falcon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Taxonomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> <i>Falco</i> was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist <a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Carl Linnaeus</a> in the <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">tenth edition</a> of his <i><a href="/wiki/Systema_Naturae" title="Systema Naturae">Systema Naturae</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Type_species" title="Type species">type species</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Merlin_(bird)" title="Merlin (bird)">merlin</a> (<i>Falco columbarius</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The genus name <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Falco</i></span> is <a href="/wiki/Late_Latin" title="Late Latin">Late Latin</a> meaning a "falcon" from <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">falx</i></span>, <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">falcis</i></span>, meaning "a sickle", referring to the claws of the bird.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Middle_English" title="Middle English">Middle English</a> and <a href="/wiki/Old_French" title="Old French">Old French</a>, the title <span title="Middle English (1100-1500)-language text"><i lang="enm">faucon</i></span> refers generically to several captive raptor species.<sup id="cite_ref-Groombridge_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Groombridge-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The traditional term for a male falcon is <i>tercel</i> (<a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">British spelling</a>) or <i>tiercel</i> (<a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American spelling</a>), from the Latin <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">tertius</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/3_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="3 (number)">third</a>) because of the belief that only one in three eggs hatched a male bird. Some sources give the etymology as deriving from the fact that a male falcon is about one-third smaller than a female<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Old_French_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old French language">Old French</a>: <i lang="fro">tiercelet</i>). A falcon chick, especially one reared for <a href="/wiki/Falconry" title="Falconry">falconry</a>, still in its downy stage, is known as an <i>eyas</i><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (sometimes spelled <i>eyass</i>). The word arose by mistaken division of <a href="/wiki/Old_French" title="Old French">Old French</a> <span title="Old French (842-ca. 1400)-language text"><i lang="fro">un niais</i></span>, from Latin presumed <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">nidiscus</i></span> (nestling) from <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">nidus</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Nest" title="Nest">nest</a>). The technique of hunting with trained captive birds of prey is known as <a href="/wiki/Falconry" title="Falconry">falconry</a>. </p><p>Compared to other birds of prey, the <a href="/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil">fossil</a> record of the falcons is not well distributed in time. For years, the oldest fossils tentatively assigned to this genus were from the Late <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a>, less than 10 million years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This coincides with a period in which many modern genera of birds became recognizable in the fossil record. As of 2021, the oldest falconid fossil is estimated to be 55 million years old.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Given the distribution of fossil and living <i>Falco</i> <a href="/wiki/Taxa" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxa">taxa</a>, falcons are probably of North American, African, or possibly Middle Eastern or European origin. Falcons are not closely related to other birds of prey, and their <a href="/wiki/Bird_of_prey#Phylogeny" title="Bird of prey">nearest relatives</a> are <a href="/wiki/Parrots" class="mw-redirect" title="Parrots">parrots</a> and <a href="/wiki/Songbirds" class="mw-redirect" title="Songbirds">songbirds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falcon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Falcons are roughly divisible into three or four groups. The first contains the <a href="/wiki/Kestrel" title="Kestrel">kestrels</a> (probably excepting the <a href="/wiki/American_kestrel" title="American kestrel">American kestrel</a>);<sup id="cite_ref-Groombridge_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Groombridge-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> usually small and stocky falcons of mainly brown upperside colour and sometimes sexually dimorphic; three African species that are generally gray in colour stand apart from the typical members of this group. The <a href="/wiki/Fox_kestrel" title="Fox kestrel">fox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greater_kestrel" title="Greater kestrel">greater kestrels</a> can be told apart at first glance by their tail colours, but not by much else; they might be very close relatives and are probably much closer to each other than the lesser and common kestrels. Kestrels feed chiefly on <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_animal" title="Terrestrial animal">terrestrial</a> <a href="/wiki/Vertebrate" title="Vertebrate">vertebrates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Invertebrate" title="Invertebrate">invertebrates</a> of appropriate size, such as <a href="/wiki/Rodent" title="Rodent">rodents</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reptile" title="Reptile">reptiles</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Insect" title="Insect">insects</a>. </p><p>The second group contains slightly larger (on average) species, the hobbies and relatives. These birds are characterized by considerable amounts of dark slate-gray in their plumage; their <a href="/wiki/Cheek" title="Cheek">malar</a> areas are nearly always black. They feed mainly on smaller birds. </p><p>Third are the peregrine falcon and its relatives, variably sized powerful birds that also have a black malar area (except some very light color <a href="/wiki/Morph_(zoology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Morph (zoology)">morphs</a>), and often a black cap, as well. They are very fast birds with a maximum speed of 390 kilometres per hour. Otherwise, they are somewhat intermediate between the other groups, being chiefly medium grey with some lighter or brownish colours on their upper sides. They are, on average, more delicately patterned than the hobbies and, if the hierofalcons are excluded (see below), this group typically contains species with horizontal barring on their undersides. As opposed to the other groups, where tail colour varies much in general but little according to <a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">evolutionary</a> relatedness,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the tails of the large falcons are quite uniformly dark grey with inconspicuous black banding and small, white tips, though this is probably <a href="/wiki/Plesiomorph" class="mw-redirect" title="Plesiomorph">plesiomorphic</a>. These large <i>Falco</i> species feed on mid-sized birds and terrestrial vertebrates. </p><p>Very similar to these, and sometimes included therein, are the four or so species of <a href="/wiki/Hierofalcon" title="Hierofalcon">hierofalcon</a> (literally, "hawk-falcons"). They represent taxa with, usually, more <a href="/wiki/Phaeomelanin" class="mw-redirect" title="Phaeomelanin">phaeomelanins</a>, which impart reddish or brown colors, and generally more strongly patterned plumage reminiscent of <a href="/wiki/Hawk" title="Hawk">hawks</a>. Their undersides have a lengthwise pattern of blotches, lines, or arrowhead marks. </p><p>While these three or four groups, loosely circumscribed, are an informal arrangement, they probably contain several distinct <a href="/wiki/Clade" title="Clade">clades</a> in their entirety. </p><p>A study of <a href="/wiki/MtDNA" class="mw-redirect" title="MtDNA">mtDNA</a> <a href="/wiki/Cytochrome_b" title="Cytochrome b">cytochrome <i>b</i></a> <a href="/wiki/DNA_sequence" class="mw-redirect" title="DNA sequence">sequence</a> data of some kestrels<sup id="cite_ref-Groombridge_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Groombridge-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> identified a clade containing the common kestrel and related "<a href="/wiki/Cheek" title="Cheek">malar</a>-striped" species, to the exclusion of such taxa as the greater kestrel (which lacks a malar stripe), the lesser kestrel (which is very similar to the common, but also has no malar stripe), and the American kestrel, which has a malar stripe, but its colour pattern – apart from the brownish back – and also the black feathers behind the ear, which never occur in the true kestrels, are more reminiscent of some hobbies. The malar-striped kestrels apparently split from their relatives in the <a href="/wiki/Gelasian" title="Gelasian">Gelasian</a>, roughly 2.0–2.5 million years ago (Mya), and are seemingly of tropical East African origin. The entire "true kestrel" group—excluding the American species—is probably a distinct and quite young <a href="/wiki/Clade" title="Clade">clade</a>, as also suggested by their numerous <a href="/wiki/Apomorph" class="mw-redirect" title="Apomorph">apomorphies</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FalconHeadBeak.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/FalconHeadBeak.png/220px-FalconHeadBeak.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/FalconHeadBeak.png/330px-FalconHeadBeak.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/FalconHeadBeak.png/440px-FalconHeadBeak.png 2x" data-file-width="467" data-file-height="354" /></a><figcaption>Most members of the genus <i>Falco</i> show a "tooth" on the upper <a href="/wiki/Mandible" title="Mandible">mandible</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Other studies<sup id="cite_ref-Helbig_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Helbig-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wink1998_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wink1998-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wink2000_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wink2000-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wink2004_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wink2004-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nittinger_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nittinger-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have confirmed that the hierofalcon are a <a href="/wiki/Monophyly" title="Monophyly">monophyletic</a> group–and that <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_(biology)" title="Hybrid (biology)">hybridization</a> is quite frequent at least in the larger falcon species. Initial studies of mtDNA cytochrome <i>b</i> sequence data suggested that the hierofalcon are <a href="/wiki/Basal_(evolution)" class="mw-redirect" title="Basal (evolution)">basal</a> among living falcons.<sup id="cite_ref-Helbig_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Helbig-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wink1998_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wink1998-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The discovery of a <a href="/wiki/Numt" class="mw-redirect" title="Numt">NUMT</a> proved this earlier theory erroneous.<sup id="cite_ref-Wink2000_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wink2000-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In reality, the hierofalcon are a rather young group, originating at the same time as the start of the main kestrel radiation, about 2 Mya. Very little fossil history exists for this lineage. However, the present diversity of very recent origin suggests that this lineage may have nearly gone extinct in the recent past.<sup id="cite_ref-Nittinger_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nittinger-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Johnson_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The phylogeny and delimitations of the peregrine and hobby groups are more problematic. Molecular studies have only been conducted on a few species, and the morphologically ambiguous taxa have often been little researched. The <a href="/wiki/Morphology_(biology)" title="Morphology (biology)">morphology</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Syrinx_(bird_anatomy)" title="Syrinx (bird anatomy)">syrinx</a>, which contributes well to resolving the overall <a href="/wiki/Phylogeny" class="mw-redirect" title="Phylogeny">phylogeny</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Falconidae" title="Falconidae">Falconidae</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Griffiths1999_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Griffiths1999-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Griffiths2004_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Griffiths2004-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is not very informative in the present genus. Nonetheless, a core group containing the peregrine and Barbary falcons, which, in turn, group with the hierofalcon and the more distant <a href="/wiki/Prairie_falcon" title="Prairie falcon">prairie falcon</a> (which was sometimes placed with the hierofalcon, though it is entirely distinct <a href="/wiki/Biogeographical" class="mw-redirect" title="Biogeographical">biogeographically</a>), as well as at least most of the "typical" hobbies, are confirmed to be <a href="/wiki/Monophyly" title="Monophyly">monophyletic</a> as suspected.<sup id="cite_ref-Helbig_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Helbig-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wink1998_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wink1998-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Given that the American <i>Falco</i> species of today belong to the peregrine group, or are apparently more basal species, the initially most successful <a href="/wiki/Evolutionary_radiation" title="Evolutionary radiation">evolutionary radiation</a> seemingly was a <a href="/wiki/Holarctic" class="mw-redirect" title="Holarctic">Holarctic</a> one that originated possibly around central Eurasia or in (northern) Africa. One or several lineages were present in North America by the <a href="/wiki/Early_Pliocene" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Pliocene">Early Pliocene</a> at latest. </p><p>The origin of today's major <i>Falco</i> groups—the "typical" hobbies and kestrels, for example, or the peregrine-hierofalcon complex, or the <a href="/wiki/Aplomado_falcon" title="Aplomado falcon">aplomado falcon</a> lineage—can be quite confidently placed from the <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a>-<a href="/wiki/Pliocene" title="Pliocene">Pliocene</a> boundary through the <a href="/wiki/Zanclean" title="Zanclean">Zanclean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piacenzian" title="Piacenzian">Piacenzian</a> and just into the Gelasian, that is from 2.4 to 5.3 Mya, when the malar-striped kestrels diversified. Some groups of falcons, such as the hierofalcon complex and the peregrine-Barbary superspecies, have only evolved in more recent times; the species of the former seem to be 120,000 years old or so.<sup id="cite_ref-Nittinger_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nittinger-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Species">Species</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falcon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Species"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sequence follows the taxonomic order of White <i>et al.</i> (1996),<sup id="cite_ref-White_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-White-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> except for adjustments in the kestrel sequence. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th>Image</th> <th>Common name</th> <th>Scientific name</th> <th>Distribution </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Madagascar_Kestrel_RWD.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Madagascar_Kestrel_RWD.jpg/120px-Madagascar_Kestrel_RWD.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Madagascar_Kestrel_RWD.jpg/250px-Madagascar_Kestrel_RWD.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1618" data-file-height="1214" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_kestrel" title="Malagasy kestrel">Malagasy kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco newtoni</i></td> <td>Madagascar, Mayotte, and the Comores. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_araea_Seychelles_Kestrel_side_views_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Falco_araea_Seychelles_Kestrel_side_views_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Falco_araea_Seychelles_Kestrel_side_views_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Falco_araea_Seychelles_Kestrel_side_views_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Falco_araea_Seychelles_Kestrel_side_views_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Falco_araea_Seychelles_Kestrel_side_views_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Falco_araea_Seychelles_Kestrel_side_views_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="660" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_kestrel" title="Seychelles kestrel">Seychelles kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco araeus</i></td> <td>Seychelles Islands </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mauritius_kestrel_(Falco_punctatus).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Mauritius_kestrel_%28Falco_punctatus%29.jpg/120px-Mauritius_kestrel_%28Falco_punctatus%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Mauritius_kestrel_%28Falco_punctatus%29.jpg/180px-Mauritius_kestrel_%28Falco_punctatus%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Mauritius_kestrel_%28Falco_punctatus%29.jpg/240px-Mauritius_kestrel_%28Falco_punctatus%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2389" data-file-height="3584" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_kestrel" title="Mauritius kestrel">Mauritius kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco punctatus</i></td> <td>Mauritius </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Spotted_kestrel_flying_(16862666012).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Spotted_kestrel_flying_%2816862666012%29.jpg/120px-Spotted_kestrel_flying_%2816862666012%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Spotted_kestrel_flying_%2816862666012%29.jpg/180px-Spotted_kestrel_flying_%2816862666012%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Spotted_kestrel_flying_%2816862666012%29.jpg/240px-Spotted_kestrel_flying_%2816862666012%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spotted_kestrel" title="Spotted kestrel">Spotted kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco moluccensis</i></td> <td>Wallacea and Java. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nankeen_Kestrel_-_Bimbi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Nankeen_Kestrel_-_Bimbi.jpg/120px-Nankeen_Kestrel_-_Bimbi.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Nankeen_Kestrel_-_Bimbi.jpg/180px-Nankeen_Kestrel_-_Bimbi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Nankeen_Kestrel_-_Bimbi.jpg/240px-Nankeen_Kestrel_-_Bimbi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4111" data-file-height="4111" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nankeen_kestrel" title="Nankeen kestrel">Nankeen kestrel</a> or Australian kestrel</td> <td><i>Falco cenchroides</i></td> <td>Australia and New Guinea. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Common_kestrel_falco_tinnunculus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Common_kestrel_falco_tinnunculus.jpg/120px-Common_kestrel_falco_tinnunculus.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Common_kestrel_falco_tinnunculus.jpg/180px-Common_kestrel_falco_tinnunculus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Common_kestrel_falco_tinnunculus.jpg/240px-Common_kestrel_falco_tinnunculus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1212" data-file-height="1709" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Common_kestrel" title="Common kestrel">Common kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco tinnunculus</i></td> <td>Widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rock_Kestrel_(Falco_rupicolus),_Mountain_Zebra_NP,_South_Africa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Rock_Kestrel_%28Falco_rupicolus%29%2C_Mountain_Zebra_NP%2C_South_Africa.jpg/120px-Rock_Kestrel_%28Falco_rupicolus%29%2C_Mountain_Zebra_NP%2C_South_Africa.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Rock_Kestrel_%28Falco_rupicolus%29%2C_Mountain_Zebra_NP%2C_South_Africa.jpg/180px-Rock_Kestrel_%28Falco_rupicolus%29%2C_Mountain_Zebra_NP%2C_South_Africa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Rock_Kestrel_%28Falco_rupicolus%29%2C_Mountain_Zebra_NP%2C_South_Africa.jpg/240px-Rock_Kestrel_%28Falco_rupicolus%29%2C_Mountain_Zebra_NP%2C_South_Africa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2072" data-file-height="2563" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rock_kestrel" title="Rock kestrel">Rock kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco rupicolus</i></td> <td>Northwestern Angola and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to southern Tanzania, and south to South Africa. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hi_There_(41472582).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Hi_There_%2841472582%29.jpeg/120px-Hi_There_%2841472582%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="120" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Hi_There_%2841472582%29.jpeg/250px-Hi_There_%2841472582%29.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="1243" data-file-height="1058" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greater_kestrel" title="Greater kestrel">Greater kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco rupicoloides</i></td> <td>Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, parts of Angola and Zambia and in much of South Africa. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_alcopex.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Falco_alcopex.jpg/120px-Falco_alcopex.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Falco_alcopex.jpg/180px-Falco_alcopex.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Falco_alcopex.jpg/240px-Falco_alcopex.jpg 2x" data-file-width="543" data-file-height="984" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fox_kestrel" title="Fox kestrel">Fox kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco alopex</i></td> <td>South of the Sahara from Mali eastwards as far as Ethiopia and north-west Kenya. It occasionally wanders west to Senegal, the Gambia and Guinea and south to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_naumanni,_Israel_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Falco_naumanni%2C_Israel_02.jpg/120px-Falco_naumanni%2C_Israel_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Falco_naumanni%2C_Israel_02.jpg/180px-Falco_naumanni%2C_Israel_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Falco_naumanni%2C_Israel_02.jpg/240px-Falco_naumanni%2C_Israel_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1865" data-file-height="1294" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lesser_kestrel" title="Lesser kestrel">Lesser kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco naumanni</i></td> <td>Mediterranean across Central Asia into China and Mongolia. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grey_Kestrel_(Falco_ardosiaceus)_(6861327565).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Grey_Kestrel_%28Falco_ardosiaceus%29_%286861327565%29.jpg/120px-Grey_Kestrel_%28Falco_ardosiaceus%29_%286861327565%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Grey_Kestrel_%28Falco_ardosiaceus%29_%286861327565%29.jpg/250px-Grey_Kestrel_%28Falco_ardosiaceus%29_%286861327565%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grey_kestrel" title="Grey kestrel">Grey kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco ardosiaceus</i></td> <td>Ethiopia, western parts of Kenya and Tanzania. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dickinson%27s_Kestrel_(Falco_dickinsoni)_(23164736424).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Dickinson%27s_Kestrel_%28Falco_dickinsoni%29_%2823164736424%29.jpg/120px-Dickinson%27s_Kestrel_%28Falco_dickinsoni%29_%2823164736424%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Dickinson%27s_Kestrel_%28Falco_dickinsoni%29_%2823164736424%29.jpg/180px-Dickinson%27s_Kestrel_%28Falco_dickinsoni%29_%2823164736424%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Dickinson%27s_Kestrel_%28Falco_dickinsoni%29_%2823164736424%29.jpg/240px-Dickinson%27s_Kestrel_%28Falco_dickinsoni%29_%2823164736424%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1160" data-file-height="1451" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dickinson%27s_kestrel" title="Dickinson's kestrel">Dickinson's kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco dickinsoni</i></td> <td>Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi along with north-eastern South Africa. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cerchneis_zoniventris.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Cerchneis_zoniventris.jpg/120px-Cerchneis_zoniventris.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Cerchneis_zoniventris.jpg/180px-Cerchneis_zoniventris.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Cerchneis_zoniventris.jpg/240px-Cerchneis_zoniventris.jpg 2x" data-file-width="894" data-file-height="705" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Banded_kestrel" title="Banded kestrel">Banded kestrel</a></td> <td><i>Falco zoniventris</i></td> <td>Madagascar </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red-Necked_Falcon.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red-Necked_Falcon.JPG/120px-Red-Necked_Falcon.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red-Necked_Falcon.JPG/250px-Red-Necked_Falcon.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="929" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red-necked_falcon" title="Red-necked falcon">Red-necked falcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco chicquera</i></td> <td>Africa, India </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red-footed_Falcon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Red-footed_Falcon.jpg/120px-Red-footed_Falcon.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Red-footed_Falcon.jpg/180px-Red-footed_Falcon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Red-footed_Falcon.jpg/240px-Red-footed_Falcon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="495" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red-footed_falcon" title="Red-footed falcon">Red-footed falcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco vespertinus</i></td> <td>Russia, Ukraine and bordering regions. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amur_falcon,_Falco_amurensis,_male_at_Eendracht_Road,_Suikerbosrand,_Gauteng,_South_Africa_(25817217862).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Amur_falcon%2C_Falco_amurensis%2C_male_at_Eendracht_Road%2C_Suikerbosrand%2C_Gauteng%2C_South_Africa_%2825817217862%29.jpg/120px-Amur_falcon%2C_Falco_amurensis%2C_male_at_Eendracht_Road%2C_Suikerbosrand%2C_Gauteng%2C_South_Africa_%2825817217862%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Amur_falcon%2C_Falco_amurensis%2C_male_at_Eendracht_Road%2C_Suikerbosrand%2C_Gauteng%2C_South_Africa_%2825817217862%29.jpg/250px-Amur_falcon%2C_Falco_amurensis%2C_male_at_Eendracht_Road%2C_Suikerbosrand%2C_Gauteng%2C_South_Africa_%2825817217862%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1557" data-file-height="2067" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amur_falcon" title="Amur falcon">Amur falcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco amurensis</i></td> <td>South-eastern Siberia and Northern China. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eleonorenfalke1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Eleonorenfalke1.jpg/120px-Eleonorenfalke1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Eleonorenfalke1.jpg/180px-Eleonorenfalke1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Eleonorenfalke1.jpg/240px-Eleonorenfalke1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="769" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eleonora%27s_falcon" title="Eleonora's falcon">Eleonora's falcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco eleonorae</i></td> <td>Greece, Cyprus, the Canary Islands, Ibiza and off Spain, Italy, Croatia, Morocco and Algeria. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sooty_Falcon,_All%C3%A9e_des_Baobabs_near_Morondava,_Madagascar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Sooty_Falcon%2C_All%C3%A9e_des_Baobabs_near_Morondava%2C_Madagascar.jpg/120px-Sooty_Falcon%2C_All%C3%A9e_des_Baobabs_near_Morondava%2C_Madagascar.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Sooty_Falcon%2C_All%C3%A9e_des_Baobabs_near_Morondava%2C_Madagascar.jpg/180px-Sooty_Falcon%2C_All%C3%A9e_des_Baobabs_near_Morondava%2C_Madagascar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Sooty_Falcon%2C_All%C3%A9e_des_Baobabs_near_Morondava%2C_Madagascar.jpg/240px-Sooty_Falcon%2C_All%C3%A9e_des_Baobabs_near_Morondava%2C_Madagascar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1701" data-file-height="1276" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sooty_falcon" title="Sooty falcon">Sooty falcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco concolor</i></td> <td>Northeastern Africa to the southern Persian Gulf region. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AmericanKestrel02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/AmericanKestrel02.jpg/120px-AmericanKestrel02.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/AmericanKestrel02.jpg/180px-AmericanKestrel02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/AmericanKestrel02.jpg/240px-AmericanKestrel02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1517" data-file-height="1897" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_kestrel" title="American kestrel">American kestrel</a> or "sparrow hawk"</td> <td><i>Falco sparverius</i></td> <td>Central and western Alaska across northern Canada to Nova Scotia, and south throughout North America, into central Mexico and the Caribbean. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falc%C3%A3o_De_Coleira_Aplomado_Falcon_Falco_Femoralis_(45602460).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Falc%C3%A3o_De_Coleira_Aplomado_Falcon_Falco_Femoralis_%2845602460%29.jpeg/120px-Falc%C3%A3o_De_Coleira_Aplomado_Falcon_Falco_Femoralis_%2845602460%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="120" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Falc%C3%A3o_De_Coleira_Aplomado_Falcon_Falco_Femoralis_%2845602460%29.jpeg/250px-Falc%C3%A3o_De_Coleira_Aplomado_Falcon_Falco_Femoralis_%2845602460%29.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="1392" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aplomado_falcon" title="Aplomado falcon">Aplomado falcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco femoralis</i></td> <td>Northern Mexico and Trinidad locally to southern South America. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_columbarius_PP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Falco_columbarius_PP.jpg/120px-Falco_columbarius_PP.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Falco_columbarius_PP.jpg/180px-Falco_columbarius_PP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Falco_columbarius_PP.jpg/240px-Falco_columbarius_PP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1163" data-file-height="1744" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merlin_(bird)" title="Merlin (bird)">Merlin</a> or "pigeon hawk"</td> <td><i>Falco columbarius</i></td> <td>Eurasia, North Africa, North America. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OFalco_rufigularis_Bat_Falcon_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/OFalco_rufigularis_Bat_Falcon_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-OFalco_rufigularis_Bat_Falcon_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/OFalco_rufigularis_Bat_Falcon_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-OFalco_rufigularis_Bat_Falcon_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="571" data-file-height="644" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bat_falcon" title="Bat falcon">Bat falcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco rufigularis</i></td> <td>Tropical Mexico, Central and South America, and Trinidad </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_deiroleucus_-_Orange-breasted_Falcon.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Falco_deiroleucus_-_Orange-breasted_Falcon.JPG/120px-Falco_deiroleucus_-_Orange-breasted_Falcon.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Falco_deiroleucus_-_Orange-breasted_Falcon.JPG/180px-Falco_deiroleucus_-_Orange-breasted_Falcon.JPG 1.5x, 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subbuteo</i></td> <td>Africa, Europe and Asia. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:African_Hobby_bwindi_jan06_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/African_Hobby_bwindi_jan06_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-African_Hobby_bwindi_jan06_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/African_Hobby_bwindi_jan06_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-African_Hobby_bwindi_jan06_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/African_Hobby_bwindi_jan06_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-African_Hobby_bwindi_jan06_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="658" data-file-height="460" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/African_hobby" title="African hobby">African hobby</a></td> <td><i>Falco cuvierii</i></td> <td>Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oriental_Hobby_-_Falco_severus_-_Falco_(2526569907).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Oriental_Hobby_-_Falco_severus_-_Falco_%282526569907%29.jpg/120px-Oriental_Hobby_-_Falco_severus_-_Falco_%282526569907%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Oriental_Hobby_-_Falco_severus_-_Falco_%282526569907%29.jpg/250px-Oriental_Hobby_-_Falco_severus_-_Falco_%282526569907%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1064" data-file-height="798" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oriental_hobby" title="Oriental hobby">Oriental hobby</a></td> <td><i>Falco severus</i></td> <td>Eastern Himalayas and ranges southwards through Indochina to Australasia </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_Hobby_Pikedale_Jul02.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Australian_Hobby_Pikedale_Jul02.JPG/120px-Australian_Hobby_Pikedale_Jul02.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Australian_Hobby_Pikedale_Jul02.JPG/180px-Australian_Hobby_Pikedale_Jul02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Australian_Hobby_Pikedale_Jul02.JPG/240px-Australian_Hobby_Pikedale_Jul02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="678" data-file-height="569" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_hobby" title="Australian hobby">Australian hobby</a> or little falcon</td> <td><i>Falco longipennis</i></td> <td>Australia </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nz_falcon.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Nz_falcon.JPG/120px-Nz_falcon.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Nz_falcon.JPG/180px-Nz_falcon.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Nz_falcon.JPG/240px-Nz_falcon.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_falcon" title="New Zealand falcon">New Zealand falcon</a> or kārearea</td> <td><i>Falco novaeseelandiae</i></td> <td>New Zealand </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brown_falcon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Brown_falcon.jpg/120px-Brown_falcon.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Brown_falcon.jpg/180px-Brown_falcon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Brown_falcon.jpg/240px-Brown_falcon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_falcon" title="Brown falcon">Brown falcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco berigora</i></td> <td>Australia and New Guinea. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grey_Falcon_(1)_-_Christopher_Watson_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Grey_Falcon_%281%29_-_Christopher_Watson_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Grey_Falcon_%281%29_-_Christopher_Watson_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Grey_Falcon_%281%29_-_Christopher_Watson_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Grey_Falcon_%281%29_-_Christopher_Watson_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="888" data-file-height="702" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grey_falcon" title="Grey falcon">Grey falcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco hypoleucos</i></td> <td>Australia </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_subniger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Falco_subniger.jpg/120px-Falco_subniger.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Falco_subniger.jpg/250px-Falco_subniger.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1756" data-file-height="2549" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Black_falcon" title="Black falcon">Black falcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco subniger</i></td> <td>Australia </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_biarmicus02.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Falco_biarmicus02.png/120px-Falco_biarmicus02.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Falco_biarmicus02.png/180px-Falco_biarmicus02.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Falco_biarmicus02.png/240px-Falco_biarmicus02.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lanner_falcon" title="Lanner falcon">Lanner falcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco biarmicus</i></td> <td>Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Laggar_Falcon_adult_male.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Laggar_Falcon_adult_male.jpg/120px-Laggar_Falcon_adult_male.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Laggar_Falcon_adult_male.jpg/180px-Laggar_Falcon_adult_male.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Gyr_falcon_-_Falco_rusticolus_-_F%C3%A1lki_2.jpg/250px-Gyr_falcon_-_Falco_rusticolus_-_F%C3%A1lki_2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gyrfalcon" title="Gyrfalcon">Gyrfalcon</a></td> <td><i>Falco rusticolus</i></td> <td>Eastern and western Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Iceland and Norway. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Falco_mexicanus_-San_Luis_Obispo,_California,_USA-8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Falco_mexicanus_-San_Luis_Obispo%2C_California%2C_USA-8.jpg/120px-Falco_mexicanus_-San_Luis_Obispo%2C_California%2C_USA-8.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Falco_mexicanus_-San_Luis_Obispo%2C_California%2C_USA-8.jpg/180px-Falco_mexicanus_-San_Luis_Obispo%2C_California%2C_USA-8.jpg 1.5x, 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id="Fossil_record">Fossil record</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falcon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fossil record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falco_medius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Falco medius (page does not exist)">Falco medius</a></i> (Late Miocene of Cherevichnyi, Ukraine)<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Becker_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becker-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mlikovsky_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mlikovsky-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>?Falco</i> sp. (Late Miocene of Idaho)<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Falco</i> sp. (Early<sup id="cite_ref-Martin_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Martin-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pliocene of Kansas)<sup id="cite_ref-Feduccia_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feduccia-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Falco</i> sp. (Early Pliocene of Bulgaria – Early Pleistocene of Spain and Czech Republic)<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falco_oregonus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Falco oregonus (page does not exist)">Falco oregonus</a></i> (Early/Middle Pliocene of Fossil Lake, Oregon) – possibly not distinct from a living species</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falco_umanskajae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Falco umanskajae (page does not exist)">Falco umanskajae</a></i> (Late Pliocene of Kryzhanovka, Ukraine) – includes "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Falco_odessanus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Falco odessanus (page does not exist)">Falco odessanus</a>", a <i><a href="/wiki/Nomen_nudum" title="Nomen nudum">nomen nudum</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Sobolev_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sobolev-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>?<a href="/w/index.php?title=Falco_bakalovi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Falco bakalovi (page does not exist)">Falco bakalovi</a></i> (Late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Falco_antiquus" title="Falco antiquus">Falco antiquus</a></i> (Middle Pleistocene of Noailles, France and possibly Horvőlgy, Hungary)<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nittinger_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nittinger-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_kestrel" title="Cuban kestrel">Cuban kestrel</a>, <i>Falco kurochkini</i> (Late Pleistocene/Holocene of Cuba, West Indies)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falco_chowi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Falco chowi (page does not exist)">Falco chowi</a></i> (China)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falco_bulgaricus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Falco bulgaricus (page does not exist)">Falco bulgaricus</a></i> (Late Miocene of Hadzhidimovo, Bulgaria)<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Several more paleosubspecies of extant species also been described; see species accounts for these. </p><p><i>"Sushkinia" pliocaena</i> from the Early Pliocene of Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) appears to be a falcon of some sort. It might belong in this genus or a closely related one.<sup id="cite_ref-Becker_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becker-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In any case, the genus name <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushkinia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sushkinia (page does not exist)">Sushkinia</a></i> is invalid for this animal because it had already been allocated to a prehistoric <a href="/wiki/Dragonfly" title="Dragonfly">dragonfly</a> relative. In 2015 the bird genus was renamed <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Psushkinia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Psushkinia (page does not exist)">Psushkinia</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The supposed <i>"Falco" pisanus</i> was actually a pigeon of the genus <i><a href="/wiki/Columba_(genus)" title="Columba (genus)">Columba</a></i>, possibly the same as <i>Columba omnisanctorum</i>, which, in that case, would adopt the older species name of the "falcon".<sup id="cite_ref-Mlikovsky_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mlikovsky-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Eocene" title="Eocene">Eocene</a> fossil <i>"Falco" falconellus</i> (or <i>"F." falconella</i>) from Wyoming is a bird of uncertain affiliations, maybe a falconid, maybe not; it certainly does not belong in this 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Small species; possibly closer to kestrels than to peregrine lineage or hierofalcons, but may be more basal altogether due to its age</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="Idaho Museum of Natural History">IMNH</a> 27937. A <a href="/wiki/Coracoid" title="Coracoid">coracoid</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Merlin_(bird)" title="Merlin (bird)">merlin</a>-sized species. It does not seem close to <i>F. columbarius</i> or the Recent North American species (Becker 1987).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A <a href="/wiki/Hierofalcon" title="Hierofalcon">hierofalcon</a> (Mlíkovský 2002)? If so, probably not close to the living species, but an earlier divergence that left no descendants; might be more than one species due to large range in time and/or include common ancestor of hierofalcons and peregrine-Barbary complex (Nittinger <i>et al.</i> 2005).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Supposedly a <a href="/wiki/Saker_falcon" title="Saker falcon">saker falcon</a> <a href="/wiki/Paleosubspecies" class="mw-redirect" title="Paleosubspecies">paleosubspecies</a> (Mlíkovský 2002), but this is not too likely due to the probable <a href="/wiki/Eemian" class="mw-redirect" title="Eemian">Eemian</a> origin of that species.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falcon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-HM4-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HM4_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=35">"Falconidae"</a>. <i>aviansystematics.org</i>. 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(2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/71471/1/j.1365-294X.2007.03373.x.pdf">"Genetic structure among continental and island populations of gyrfalcons"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Molecular Ecology</i>. <b>16</b> (15): <span class="nowrap">3145–</span>60. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007MolEc..16.3145J">2007MolEc..16.3145J</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-294X.2007.03373.x">10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03373.x</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42%2F71471">2027.42/71471</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17651193">17651193</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:17437176">17437176</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Molecular+Ecology&rft.atitle=Genetic+structure+among+continental+and+island+populations+of+gyrfalcons&rft.volume=16&rft.issue=15&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E3145-%3C%2Fspan%3E60&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F2027.42%2F71471&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A17437176%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2007MolEc..16.3145J&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F17651193&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1111%2Fj.1365-294X.2007.03373.x&rft.au=Johnson%2C+J.A.&rft.au=Burnham%2C+K.K.&rft.au=Burnham%2C+W.A.&rft.au=Mindell%2C+D.P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdeepblue.lib.umich.edu%2Fbitstream%2F2027.42%2F71471%2F1%2Fj.1365-294X.2007.03373.x.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFalcon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Griffiths1999-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Griffiths1999_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGriffiths,_Carole_S.1999" class="citation journal cs1">Griffiths, Carole S. (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v116n01/p0116-p0130.pdf">"Phylogeny of the Falconidae inferred from molecular and morphological data"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Auk_(journal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Auk (journal)">Auk</a></i>. <b>116</b> (1): <span class="nowrap">116–</span>30. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F4089459">10.2307/4089459</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4089459">4089459</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Auk&rft.atitle=Phylogeny+of+the+Falconidae+inferred+from+molecular+and+morphological+data&rft.volume=116&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E116-%3C%2Fspan%3E30&rft.date=1999&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F4089459&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F4089459%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.au=Griffiths%2C+Carole+S.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsora.unm.edu%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fjournals%2Fauk%2Fv116n01%2Fp0116-p0130.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFalcon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Griffiths2004-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Griffiths2004_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGriffiths,_Carole_S.Barrowclough,_George_F.Groth,_Jeff_G.Mertz,_Lisa2004" class="citation journal cs1">Griffiths, Carole S.; Barrowclough, George F.; Groth, Jeff G.; Mertz, Lisa (2004). "Phylogeny of the Falconidae (Aves): a comparison of the efficacy of morphological, mitochondrial, and nuclear data". <i>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution</i>. <b>32</b> (1): <span class="nowrap">101–</span>09. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004MolPE..32..101G">2004MolPE..32..101G</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ympev.2003.11.019">10.1016/j.ympev.2003.11.019</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15186800">15186800</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Molecular+Phylogenetics+and+Evolution&rft.atitle=Phylogeny+of+the+Falconidae+%28Aves%29%3A+a+comparison+of+the+efficacy+of+morphological%2C+mitochondrial%2C+and+nuclear+data&rft.volume=32&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E101-%3C%2Fspan%3E09&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F15186800&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2Fj.ympev.2003.11.019&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2004MolPE..32..101G&rft.au=Griffiths%2C+Carole+S.&rft.au=Barrowclough%2C+George+F.&rft.au=Groth%2C+Jeff+G.&rft.au=Mertz%2C+Lisa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFalcon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-White-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-White_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">White, Clayton M.; Olsen, Penny D. & Kiff, Lloyd F. (1994): Family Falconidae. <i>In:</i> del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew & Sargatal, Jordi (editors): <i><a href="/wiki/Handbook_of_Birds_of_the_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Handbook of Birds of the World">Handbook of Birds of the World</a>, Volume 2 (New World Vultures to Guineafowl)</i>: 216–75, plates 24–28. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/84-87334-15-6" title="Special:BookSources/84-87334-15-6">84-87334-15-6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Becker-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Becker_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Becker_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBecker,_Jonathan_J.1987" class="citation journal cs1">Becker, Jonathan J. (1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v104n02/p0270-p0276.pdf">"Revision of <i>"Falco" ramenta</i> Wetmore and the Neogene evolution of the Falconidae"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Auk_(journal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Auk (journal)">Auk</a></i>. <b>104</b> (2): <span class="nowrap">270–</span>76. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fauk%2F104.2.270">10.1093/auk/104.2.270</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4087033">4087033</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Auk&rft.atitle=Revision+of+%22Falco%22+ramenta+Wetmore+and+the+Neogene+evolution+of+the+Falconidae&rft.volume=104&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E270-%3C%2Fspan%3E76&rft.date=1987&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fauk%2F104.2.270&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F4087033%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.au=Becker%2C+Jonathan+J.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsora.unm.edu%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fjournals%2Fauk%2Fv104n02%2Fp0270-p0276.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFalcon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mlikovsky-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mlikovsky_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mlikovsky_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mlíkovský, Jirí (2002): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf"><i>Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1: Europe</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110520101755/http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf">Archived</a> 20 May 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Ninox Press, Prague</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Martin-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Martin_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fox Canyon Local Fauna, 4.3–4.8 <a href="/wiki/Million_years_ago" title="Million years ago">million years ago</a>: Martin, R.A.; Honey, J.G. & Pelaez-Campomanes, P. (2000): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/OFR/2000/OFR00_61/index.html">The Meade Basin Rodent Project; a progress report</a>. Kansas Geological Survey Open-file Report 2000-61. <i>Paludicola</i> <b>3</b>(1): 1–32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Feduccia-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Feduccia_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/UMMP" class="mw-redirect" title="UMMP">UMMP</a> V27159, V29107, V57508-V57510, V57513/V57514 some limb bones. Slightly smaller than a <a href="/wiki/Merlin_(bird)" title="Merlin (bird)">merlin</a> and more robust than <a href="/wiki/American_kestrel" title="American kestrel">American kestrel</a>, and seems not too distant from <i>F. columbarius</i>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFeduccia,_J._AlanFord1970" class="citation journal cs1">Feduccia, J. Alan; Ford, Norman L. (1970). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v087n04/p0795-p0797.pdf">"Some birds of prey from the Upper Pliocene of Kansas"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Auk_(journal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Auk (journal)">Auk</a></i>. <b>87</b> (4): <span class="nowrap">795–</span>97. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F4083714">10.2307/4083714</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4083714">4083714</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Auk&rft.atitle=Some+birds+of+prey+from+the+Upper+Pliocene+of+Kansas&rft.volume=87&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E795-%3C%2Fspan%3E97&rft.date=1970&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F4083714&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F4083714%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.au=Feduccia%2C+J.+Alan&rft.au=Ford%2C+Norman+L.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsora.unm.edu%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fjournals%2Fauk%2Fv087n04%2Fp0795-p0797.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFalcon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sobolev-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sobolev_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Science_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="National Academy of Science of Ukraine">NNPM NAN</a> 41-646. Almost complete left <a href="/wiki/Tarsometatarsus" title="Tarsometatarsus">tarsometatarsus</a>. Probably a prehistoric hobby, perhaps less specialized for bird hunting: Sobolev, D.V. (2003): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.v-zool.kiev.ua/pdfs/2003/6/11.pdf">Новый вид плиоценового сокола (Falconiformes, Falconidae)</a> [A new species of Pliocene falcon (Falconiformes, Falconidae)] <i>Vestnik zoologii</i> 37 (6): 85–87. [Russian with English abstract]</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Boev, Z. 1999. <i>Falco bakalovi</i> sp. n. – a Late Pliocene falcon (Falconidae, Aves) from Varshets (W Bulgaria). – Geologica Balcanica, 29 (1–2): 131–35.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Boev, Z. 2011. New fossil record of the Late Pliocene kestrel (<i>Falco bakalovi</i> Boev, 1999) from the type locality in Bulgaria. – Geologica Balcanica, 40 (1–3): 13–30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Boev, Z. 2011. <i>Falco bulgaricus</i> sp. n. (Aves, Falconiformes) from the Middle Miocene of Hadzhidimovo (SW Bulgaria). – Acta zoologica bulgarica, 63 (1): 17–35.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nikita V. Zelenkov; Evgeny N. Kurochkin (2015). "КЛАСС AVES". In E.N. Kurochkin; A.V. Lopatin; N.V. Zelenkov. Ископаемые позвоночные России и сопредельных стран. Ископаемые рептилии и птицы. Часть 3 / Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries. Fossil Reptiles and Birds. Part 3. GEOS. pp. 86–290. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-5-89118-699-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-5-89118-699-6">978-5-89118-699-6</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falcon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFuchsJohnsonMindell2015" class="citation journal cs1">Fuchs, J.; Johnson, J.A.; Mindell, D.P. (2015). "Rapid diversification of falcons (Aves: Falconidae) due to expansion of open habitats in the Late Miocene". <i><a href="/wiki/Molecular_Phylogenetics_and_Evolution" title="Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution">Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution</a></i>. <b>82</b>: <span class="nowrap">166–</span>182. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015MolPE..82..166F">2015MolPE..82..166F</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ympev.2014.08.010">10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.010</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25256056">25256056</a>.</cite><span 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