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A branch of the living world.

110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.

These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.

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Family: Falconidae · Clear filter

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SpeciesClassificationSource status
Guadalupe CaracaraCaracara lutosa (Ridgway, 1876)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Black CaracaraDaptrius ater Vieillot, 1816FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Fox KestrelFalco alopex (Heuglin, 1861)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Amur FalconFalco amurensis Radde, 1863FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Seychelles KestrelFalco araeus (Oberholser, 1917)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gray KestrelFalco ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1823FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Brown FalconFalco berigora Vigors & Horsfield, 1827FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus Temminck, 1825FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Australian FalconFalco cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-headed FalconFalco chicquera Daudin, 1800FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
MerlinFalco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sooty FalconFalco concolor Temminck, 1825FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
African HobbyFalco cuvierii A. Smith, 1830FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Orange-breasted FalconFalco deiroleucus Temminck, 1825FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dickinson's KestrelFalco dickinsoni P. L. Sclater, 1864FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Reunion KestrelFalco duboisi Cowles, 1994FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae Géné, 1839FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Taita FalconFalco fasciinucha Reichenow & Neumann, 1895FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis Temminck, 1822FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gray FalconFalco hypoleucos Gould, 1841FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Laggar FalconFalco jugger J. E. Gray, 1834FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Australian HobbyFalco longipennis Swainson, 1838FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Spotted KestrelFalco moluccensis (Bonaparte, 1850)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni J. G. Fleischer, 1818FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Madagascan KestrelFalco newtoni (Gurney Sr, 1863)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
New Zealand FalconFalco novaeseelandiae J. F. Gmelin, 1788FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Mauritius KestrelFalco punctatus Temminck, 1821FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bat FalconFalco rufigularis Daudin, 1800FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides A. Smith, 1829FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus Daudin, 1800FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
GyrfalconFalco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Oriental HobbyFalco severus Horsfield, 1821FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
American KestrelFalco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black FalconFalco subniger G. R. Gray, 1843FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Banded KestrelFalco zoniventris W. Peters, 1854FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-throated CaracaraIbycter americanus (Boddaert, 1783)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Buckley's Forest FalconMicrastur buckleyi Swann, 1919FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cryptic Forest FalconMicrastur mintoni Whittaker, 2003FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plumbeous Forest FalconMicrastur plumbeus W. L. Sclater, 1918FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Collared FalconetMicrohierax caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Philippine FalconetMicrohierax erythrogenys (Vigors, 1831)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-thighed FalconetMicrohierax fringillarius (Drapiez, 1824)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-fronted FalconetMicrohierax latifrons Sharpe, 1879FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pied FalconetMicrohierax melanoleucos (Blyth, 1843)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Yellow-headed CaracaraMilvago chimachima (Vieillot, 1816)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Chimango CaracaraMilvago chimango (Vieillot, 1816)FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
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Source and selection

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n

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