Falco

Falco est genus avium familiae Falconidarum. Falconum sunt triginta septem species, per orbem pervulgatae.

Falco berigora

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Animalia — Chordata

Classis : Aves 
Ordo : Falconiformes 
Familia : Falconidae 
Subfamilia : Falconinae 
Genus : Falco 
Linnaeus, 1758

   

Subdivisiones: Species

Circa 37; vide commentarium.

Synonyma

* Aesalon

• Lithofalco
• Tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1766
• Hierofalco Cuvier, 1817
• Cerchneis Boie, 1826
• Hypotriorchis Boie, 1826
• Rhynchodon Nitzsch, 1829
• Ieracidea Gould, 1838
• Hieracidea Strickland, 1841 (unjustified emendation)Formula:Verify source
• Gennaia Kaup, 1847
• Jerafalco Kaup, 1850 (unjustified emendation)
• Harpe Bonaparte, 1855 (non Lacepède 1802Formula:Verify source: preoccupied)
• Dissodectes Sclater, 1864
• Genaïe Heuglin, 1867 (unjustified emendation)Formula:Verify source
• Harpa Sharpe, 1874 (non Pallas 1774: preoccupied)
• Gennadas Heine & Reichenow, 1890Formula:Verify source (unjustified emendation)Formula:Verify source
• 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

Falcones adultae habent alas tenues et acuminatas, quibus velociter volare et directionem^? mutare possunt. Falcones peregrini observati sunt celeritate 320 km/h volantes; unde velocissimae in orbe terrarum bestiae sunt.

Homines diu falconibus in venatione usi sunt, quae falconaria appellatur.