Falcon Species
Falcon Information
Bird species known by this name include:
- The Common Kestrel, found in Europe, Asia, and Africa
- The smaller Lesser Kestrel, found in southern Europe, India, and Mediterranean Africa
- The American Kestrel, found in North America and South America
- The Fox Kestrel, found in Equatorial Africa
- The Gray Kestrel, found in Central to Southern Africa
- Dickinson's Kestrel, found in Eastern to Southern Africa
- The Greater Kestrel, found in Eastern to South Africa
- The Madagascar Kestrel
- The Banded Kestrel, found on Madagascar
- The Seychelles Kestrel
- The Mauritius Kestrel
- The Spotted Kestrel, found in Indonesia
- The Nankeen Kestrel, found in Australia and New Guinea
Species in taxonomic order
- Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
- Madagascar Kestrel, Falco newtoni
- Mauritius Kestrel, Falco punctatus
- Seychelles Kestrel, Falco araea
- Spotted Kestrel, Falco moluccensis
- Nankeen Kestrel, Falco cenchroides
- American Kestrel, Falco sparverius
- Greater Kestrel, Falco rupicoloides
- Fox Kestrel, Falco alopex
- Grey Kestrel, Falco ardosiaceus
- Dickinson's Kestrel, Falco dickinsoni
- Banded Kestrel, Falco zoniventris
- Red-necked Falcon, Falco chicquera
- Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus
- Amur Falcon, Falco amurensis
- Eleonora's Falcon, Falco eleonorae
- Sooty Falcon, Falco concolor
- Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis
- Merlin Falcon, Falco columbarius
- Bat Falcon, Falco rufigularis
- Orange-breasted Falcon, Falco deiroleucus : The Orange-breasted Falcon is a bird of the falcon family. It is found from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
- Eurasian Hobby, Falco subbuteo
- African Hobby, Falco cuvierii
- Oriental Hobby, Falco severus
- Australian Hobby, Falco longipennis
- New Zealand Falcon, Falco novaeseelandiae
- Brown Falcon, Falco berigora
- Grey Falcon, Falco hypoleucos
- Lanner Falcon, Falco biarmicus
- Laggar Falcon, Falco jugger
- Saker Falcon, Falco cherrug
- Black Falcon, Falco subniger
- Gyr Falcon, Falco rusticolus
- Prairie Falcon, Falco mexicanus
- Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus
- Barbary Falcon, Falco (peregrinus) pelegrinoides
- Taita Falcon, Falco fasciinucha
Caracaras
Gyr Falcons aka Gyrfalcon, Iceland Falcon, Greenland Falcon, Gerfalcon, Jer-falcon (Falco rusticolus)
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