Falcon Species
Common Kestrel
New Zealand Falcon, a relative of the hobbies
Saker Falcon, a typical hierofalcon
Peregrine Falcon
The sequence follows the taxonomic order
of White et al. (1996), except for adjustments in the kestrel sequence.
- Madagascar Kestrel, Falco newtoni
-Seychelles Kestrel, Falco araea
-Mauritius Kestrel, Falco punctatus
-Réunion Kestrel, Falco duboisi - extinct (c.1700)
- Spotted Kestrel, Falco moluccensis
-Nankeen Kestrel or Australian Kestrel, Falco cenchroides
-Common Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
- Rock Kestrel, Falco (tinnunculus) rupicolus
-Greater Kestrel, Falco rupicoloides
-Fox Kestrel, Falco alopex
- Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni
-Grey Kestrel, Falco ardosiaceus
-Dickinson's Kestrel, Falco dickinsoni
-Banded Kestrel, Falco zoniventris
- Red-necked Falcon, Falco chicquera
- African Red-necked Falcon, Falco (chicquera) ruficollis
-Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus
-Amur Falcon, Falco amurensis
-Eleonora's Falcon, Falco eleonorae
- Sooty Falcon, Falco concolor
-American Kestrel or "Sparrow Hawk", Falco sparverius
-Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis
- (American) Merlin or "Pigeon Hawk", Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Merlin, Falco (columbarius) aesalon
-Bat Falcon, Falco rufigularis
-Orange-breasted Falcon, Falco deiroleucus
-Eurasian Hobby, Falco subbuteo
-African Hobby, Falco cuvierii
-Oriental Hobby, Falco severus
-Australian Hobby or Little Falcon, Falco longipennis
- New Zealand Falcon, Falco novaeseelandiae
-Brown Falcon, Falco berigora
-Grey Falcon, Falco hypoleucos
-Black Falcon, Falco subniger
- Lanner Falcon, Falco biarmicus
- Laggar Falcon, Falco jugger
- Saker Falcon, Falco cherrug
- Altai Falcon, Falco altaicus (status unclear)
-Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
* Prairie Falcon, Falco mexicanus
* Peregrine Falcon or "Duck Hawk", Falco peregrinus
- Peale's Falcon, Falco peregrinus pealei
- Pallid Falcon, Falco peregrinus cassini var. kreyenborgi
- Barbary Falcon, Falco (peregrinus) pelegrinoides
-Taita Falcon, Falco fasciinucha
