Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae
Parent taxon: Falconidae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Becker 1987, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Asthenopterus, Asturaetus, Badiostes, Badrostes, Baza, Caracara, Caracarinae, Falconidarum, Foetopterus, Herpetotheres, Herpetotherinae, Lagopterus, Micrastur, Milvago, Phalcoboenus, Polyborinae, Taphetus, Thegornis
Subtaxa: Falco Falconini Pediohierax Polyborini Spiziapteryx
Type: Falco
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), United States (4: Nebraska)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 123 collections including 185 occurrences