Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae
Parent taxon: Falconiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Baird 1992, Carroll 1988, De Vis 1892, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Howard 1982, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Moreno and Mercerat 1891, Parmalee 1992, Tambussi et al. 2023, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Accipitres, Cathartae, Cathartoidea, Falcones, Falconoidae, Horusornithidae, Masillaraptoridae, Teratornithi, Vulturoidae
Subtaxa: Asthenopterus Asturaetus Badiostes Badrostes Baza Caracara Caracarinae Falconidarum Falconinae Foetopterus Herpetotheres Herpetotherinae Lagopterus Micrastur Milvago Phalcoboenus Polyborinae Taphetus Thegornis
Type: Falco
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (5), Azerbaijan (1), the Bahamas (4), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), Cayman Islands (2), Chile (1), East Timor (1), Ecuador (1), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), France (2), Greece (11), Hungary (2), Italy (7), Jordan (1), Madagascar (2), Mauritius (1), Mexico (3), 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 (49: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1), Chile (1), Hungary (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: California, Idaho)
• Miocene of Argentina (6), Ukraine (1), United States (5: California, Nebraska)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 151 collections including 235 occurrences