Falcon Species

Falcon Information

Subfamily "Falco" - True Falcons

Falcons

• The Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) - the largest of the falcon species. Breeds on Arctic coasts and the islands of North America, Europe and Asia.


• 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


• 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

Kestrels

• The Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) found in Europe, Asia, and Africa


• The Greater Kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) found in Eastern to South Africa


• The smaller Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) found in southern Europe, India, and Mediterranean Africa


• The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) found in North America and South America


• The Fox Kestrel (Falco alopex) found in Equatorial Africa


• The Grey Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) found in Central to Southern Africa


• Dickinson's Kestrel (Falco dickinsoni) found in Eastern to Southern Africa


• Madagascar Kestrel, Falco newtoni


• The Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris) found on Madagascar


• Seychelles Kestrel, Falco araea


• The Seychelles Kestrel


• Mauritius Kestrel, Falco punctatus


• The Spotted Kestrel (Falco moluccensis) found in Indonesia


• The Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) found in Australia and New Guinea

Hobbies

• Eurasian Hobby, Falco subbuteo


• African Hobby, Falco cuvierii


• Oriental Hobby, Falco severus


• Australian Hobby, Falco longipennis

Subfamily "Herpetotheres" – Laughing Falcon

• The Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) - also called the Snake Hawk - is a medium-sized bird of prey found from both coastal slopes of Mexico through Central and South America south to Amazonian Peru and Bolivia, in Brazil, and northern Argentina and Paraguay

Subfamily "Polyborinae" - sometimes considered part of their own subfamily "Caracarinae"

• Caracaras - Found in South and Central America, just reaching the southern United States.

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