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

Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Falco*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): jaktfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: jagtfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: giervalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: gyr falcon; gyrfalcon sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Gyr Falcon; Gyrfalcon sources: Charles Hussey

French: faucon gerfaut sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Gerfalke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Γυρογέρακο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): בז sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: girfalco; girifalco sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: medžioklinis sakalas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: jaktfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: jaktfalk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 88

Norwegian Nynorsk: jaktfalk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 88

Nynorsk (Norwegian): jaktfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: białozór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: кречет sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: arktični sokol sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: halcón gerifalte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: jaktfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: ak sungur sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Кречет sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: hebog y gogledd

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	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (63 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (327 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Falco rusticolus 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:159154

Drs Cees Roselaar. Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96747