Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae
Synonyms: Falco (Tinnunculus) Vieillot 1807, Tinnunculus Vieillot 1807
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Falconinae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Baird 1992, Becker 1987, Burney et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Howard 1982, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Morgan 1994, Parmalee 1992, Parmalee and Klippel 1982, Schultz and Howard 1935, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Worthy 1997, Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Falconini, Pediohierax, Polyborini, Spiziapteryx
Subtaxa: Falco (Cerchneis) Falco (Hierofalco) Falco (Rhynchodon) Falco alopex Falco altaicus Falco amurensis Falco ardosiaceus Falco bakalovi Falco berigora Falco biarmicus Falco cenchroides Falco cherrug Falco columbarius Falco concolor Falco cuvierii Falco deiroleucus Falco duboisi Falco eleonorae Falco falconellus Falco fasciinucha Falco femoralis Falco fuscocaerulescens Falco hypoleucos Falco jugger Falco longipennis Falco medius Falco melanaetus Falco mexicanus Falco naumanni Falco newtoni Falco novaeseelandiae Falco oregonus Falco peregrinus Falco punctatus Falco readi Falco rufigularis Falco rupicoloides Falco rusticolus Falco severus Falco sparverius Falco subbuteo Falco subniger Falco tinnunculus Falco vespertinus
Type: Falco subbuteo
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), Azerbaijan (1), the Bahamas (3), Canada (1: Nunavut), Cayman Islands (1), East Timor (1), Ecuador (1), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), France (2), Greece (11), Hungary (2), Italy (7), Jordan (1), Madagascar (2), Mauritius (1), Monaco (1), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (6), Peru (2), Portugal (1), Reunion (3), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (7), the United Kingdom (4), United States (43: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: California, Idaho)
• Miocene of Ukraine (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 119 collections including 181 occurrences
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