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.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Red-headed FalconFalco chicquera Daudin, 1800 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| MerlinFalco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sooty FalconFalco concolor Temminck, 1825 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African HobbyFalco cuvierii A. Smith, 1830 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-breasted FalconFalco deiroleucus Temminck, 1825 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dickinson's KestrelFalco dickinsoni P. L. Sclater, 1864 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reunion KestrelFalco duboisi Cowles, 1994 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae Géné, 1839 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Taita FalconFalco fasciinucha Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis Temminck, 1822 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray FalconFalco hypoleucos Gould, 1841 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Laggar FalconFalco jugger J. E. Gray, 1834 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Australian HobbyFalco longipennis Swainson, 1838 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted KestrelFalco moluccensis (Bonaparte, 1850) | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni J. G. Fleischer, 1818 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascan KestrelFalco newtoni (Gurney Sr, 1863) | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Zealand FalconFalco novaeseelandiae J. F. Gmelin, 1788 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mauritius KestrelFalco punctatus Temminck, 1821 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bat FalconFalco rufigularis Daudin, 1800 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides A. Smith, 1829 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus Daudin, 1800 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| GyrfalconFalco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oriental HobbyFalco severus Horsfield, 1821 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American KestrelFalco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black FalconFalco subniger G. R. Gray, 1843 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded KestrelFalco zoniventris W. Peters, 1854 | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falcolipeurus hopkinsi Tandan, 1952 | PhilopteridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falcolipeurus longiphallus Zlotorzycka, 1963 | PhilopteridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falcolipeurus quadripunctatus (Giebel, 1861) | PhilopteridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falcolipeurus sulcifrons (Denny, 1842) | PhilopteridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falcolius jordani Clay, 1955 | PhilopteridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconia antioquiana Carvalho, 1987 | MiridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconia columbiensis Carvalho, 1984 | MiridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconia coroicana Carvalho, 1987 | MiridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconia elongata Carvalho, 1987 | MiridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconia incaica Carvalho, 1987 | MiridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconia maculipennis Maldonado, 1969 | MiridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconia minor Carvalho, 1945 | MiridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconia parva (Distant, 1893) | MiridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconia tupiana Carvalho, 1948 | MiridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconia veneciana Carvalho, 1990 | MiridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconina albomaculosa (Schmidt, 1971) | CorinnidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Falconina melloi (Schenkel, 1953) | CorinnidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Falconiodes peruanus Carvalho & Ferreira, 1972 | MiridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconius annuliconus Liang, 2000 | TetrigidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Falconius bedoti (Bolívar, 1909) | TetrigidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.