Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Falconiformes > Suborder Falconi > Superfamily Falconoidea > Family Falconidae

Falco Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Falco biarmicus Temminck, 1825
Falco cherrug Gray, 1834
Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758
Falco concolor Temminck, 1825
Falco eleonorae Géné, 1839
Falco naumanni Fleischer, 1818
Falco pelegrinoides Temminck, 1829
Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771
Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758
Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758
Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758
Falco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].