A faucon is a bird o prey in the faimily Falco. The wird falco comes frae the Latin falx ("heuk") acause o the shape o thir birds' weengs.
Quick facts Faucon Temporal range: Late Miocene to present., Scientific classification ...
Faucon
Temporal range: Late Miocene to present. |
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| Falco berigora in Victoria, Australie |
Scientific classification  |
| Kinrick: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Cless: |
Aves |
| Faimily: |
Falconidae |
| Subfaimily: |
Falconinae |
| Genus: |
Falco
Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Speshies |
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About 37; see text. |
| Synonyms |
- Aesalon
- Lithofalco
- Tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1766
- Hierofalco Cuvier, 1817
- Cerchneis Boie, 1826
- Hypotriorchis Boie, 1826
- Rhynchodon Nitzsch, 1829
- Ieracidea Gould, 1838
- Hieracidea Strickland, 1841 (unjuistifee'd emendation)[verification needit]
- Gennaia Kaup, 1847
- Jerafalco Kaup, 1850 (unjuistifee'd emendation)
- Harpe Bonaparte, 1855 (non Lacepède 1802[verification needit]: preoccupied)
- Dissodectes Sclater, 1864
- Genaïe Heuglin, 1867 (unjuistifee'd emendation)[verification needit]
- Harpa Sharpe, 1874 (non Pallas 1774: preoccupied)
- Gennadas Heine & Reichenow, 1890[verification needit] (unjustified emendation)[verification needit]
- Nesierax Oberholser, 1899
- Nesihierax Dubois, 1902 (unjustified emendation)
- Asturaetus De Vis, 1906 (non Asturaetos Brehm 1855: preoccupied)
- Plioaetus Richmond, 1908
- Sushkinia Tugarinov, 1935 (non Martynov 1930: preoccupied) – see below
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