Faucon

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.

Faucon
Temporal range: Late Miocene to present.
Falco berigora in Victoria, Australie
Scientific classification e
Kinrick:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Cless:Aves
Faimily:Falconidae
Subfaimily:Falconinae
Genus:Falco
Linnaeus, 1758
Speshies

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

References