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Falco mexicanus (Prairie falcon)

Reptilia - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Falco mexicanus was named by Schlegel (1850). It is extant.

It was recombined as Falco (Hierofalco) mexicanus by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Falco mexicanus Schlegel
1930Falco mexicanus Hay p. 322
1935Falco mexicanus Schultz and Howard p. 276
1940Falco (Hierofalco) mexicanus Wetmore p. 41
1942Falco mexicanus Miller and DeMay p. 104
1956Falco (Hierofalco) mexicanus Wetmore p. 49
2004Falco mexicanus Broughton p. 24
2014Falco mexicanus del Hoyo et al.
2017Falco mexicanus 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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
subfamilyFalconinaeVigors 1824
genusFalco
speciesmexicanusSchlegel 1850

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 mexicanus Schlegel 1850 [Prairie falcon]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available