MythscribeMundus
THE NATURAL & IMAGINED WORLDAn illustrated compendium
mythscribe.cloudSearch/
NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD

Aplomado Falcon

Falco femoralis Temminck, 1822

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Transpantaneira, Poconé, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL

Transpantaneira, Poconé, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL

Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Image source

Provider-generated thumbnail requested at 800 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.

Open encyclopedia reference

The aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis) is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. The species' largest continuous range is in South America, but not in the deep interior Amazon Basin. It was long known as Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, but these names are now believed to refer to the bat falcon (F. rufigularis). Its resemblance in shape to the hobbies accounts for its old name orange-chested hobby. Aplomado is an unusual Spanish word for "lead-colored", referring to the blue-grey areas of the plumage; an approximate English translation would be "plumbeous falcon". Spanish names for the species include halcón aplomado and halcón fajado (roughly "banded falcon", in reference to the characteristic pattern); in Brazil it is known as falcão-de-coleira (roughly "collared falcon", in reference to the white throat).

Wikipedia contributors, Aplomado falcon; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:37:00.521552+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Falco femoralis Temminck, 1822
Name authority
Temminck, 1822
Common name
Aplomado Falcon
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Falconiformes
Family
Falconidae
Genus
Falco
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderFalconiformes
  10. familyFalconidae Leach, 1820
  11. subfamilyFalconinae Leach, 1820
  12. genusFalco Linnaeus, 1758
  13. speciesFalco femoralis Temminck, 1822

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Falco. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Amur FalconFalco amurensis Radde, 1863FalconidaeChordataAccepted 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
African HobbyFalco cuvierii A. Smith, 1830FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Orange-breasted FalconFalco deiroleucus Temminck, 1825FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Taita FalconFalco fasciinucha Reichenow & Neumann, 1895FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gray FalconFalco hypoleucos Gould, 1841FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Laggar FalconFalco jugger J. E. Gray, 1834FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni J. G. Fleischer, 1818FalconidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 57 records assigned to Falconidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Middle America

North America

South America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=175610 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3DTG7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.