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Falco peregrinus (Peregrine falcon)

Reptilia - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Falco peregrinus was named by Tunstall (1771). It is extant.

It was recombined as Falco (Rhynchodon) peregrinus by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1771Falco peregrinus Tunstall
1927Falco peregrinus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 82
1930Falco peregrinus Hay p. 322
1940Falco (Rhynchodon) peregrinus Wetmore p. 41
1942Falco peregrinus Miller and DeMay p. 104
1956Falco (Rhynchodon) peregrinus Wetmore p. 49
1988Falco peregrinus Weesie p. 24 figs. Pl 2, fig 20
1989Falco peregrinus Balouet and Olson p. 6
2002Falco peregrinus Mlikovsky p. 224
2004Falco peregrinus Broughton p. 24
2013Falco peregrinus Bedetti and Pavia p. 35 figs. Pl 1, fig h
2014Falco peregrinus del Hoyo et al.
2015Falco peregrinus Steadman et al. p. 557
2017Falco peregrinus 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
speciesperegrinusTunstall 1771

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 peregrinus Tunstall 1771 [Peregrine falcon]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available