falcon
Any bird of prey of the family Falconidae (c.60 species); worldwide; includes the carrion-feeding caracara, the forest falcon (large eyes, acute hearing, hunts in near-darkness), and the true falcon (a fast-flying predator which usually kills its prey in flight). True falcons include kestrels, hobbies, and the merlin.
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About 37; Species in taxonomic orderLesser 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 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 Breeding Project, "http://www.mosquitonet.com/~akfalconer/" Prairie Falcon, Falco mexicanus Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus Barbary Falcon, Falco (peregrinus) pelegrinoides Taita Falcon, Falco fasciinucha Pygmy Falcon, Falco pigmeo |
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