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Falco subbuteo (Eurasian hobby)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Falco subbuteo was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Falco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Falco subbuteo Linnaeus p. 89
1930Falco subbuteo Hay p. 322
1988Falco subbuteo Weesie p. 23 figs. Pl 2, fig 15
2002Falco subbuteo Mlikovsky p. 224
2008Falco subbuteo Zelenkov et al.
2013Falco subbuteo Bedetti and Pavia p. 35 figs. Pl 1, fig g
2014Falco subbuteo del Hoyo et al.
2017Falco subbuteo Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
subfamilyFalconinaeVigors 1824
genusFalco
speciessubbuteo

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Falco subbuteo Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian hobby]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:37
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:37
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Falco subbuteo (197790)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Falco subbuteo (175900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Falco subbuteo (124954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Falco subbuteo (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Falco subbuteo (92902 192951)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Russian Federation Falco subbuteo (194812)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Falco subbuteo (215376)