Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Falconiformes > Family Falconidae

Falco Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Falco biarmicus Temminck, 1825
Falco cherrug Gray, 1834
Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758
Falco concolor Temminck, 1825
Falco eleonorae Géné, 1839
Falco naumanni Fleischer, 1818
Falco pelegrinoides Temminck, 1829
Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771
Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758
Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758
Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758
Falco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus

Genbank

External Links

GenBank
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Falco Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159071

Drs Cees Roselaar. Falco Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96683