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Faucon
Falco berigora in Victoria , Australie
Scientific classification
Kinrick:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Cless:
Aves
Faimily:
Falconidae
Subfaimily:
Falconinae
Genus:
Falco Linnaeus , 1758
Speshies
About 37; see text.
Synonyms
Aesalon
Lithofalco
Tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1766
Hierofalco Cuvier , 1817
Cerchneis Boie, 1826
Hypotriorchis Boie, 1826
Rhynchodon Nitzsch, 1829
Ieracidea Gould , 1838
Hieracidea Strickland , 1841 (unjuistifee'd emendation)[verification needit ]
Gennaia Kaup , 1847
Jerafalco Kaup , 1850 (unjuistifee'd emendation)
Harpe Bonaparte, 1855 (non Lacepède 1802[verification needit ] : preoccupied )
Dissodectes Sclater , 1864
Genaïe Heuglin , 1867 (unjuistifee'd emendation)[verification needit ]
Harpa Sharpe , 1874 (non Pallas 1774: preoccupied )
Gennadas Heine & Reichenow , 1890[verification needit ] (unjustified emendation)[verification needit ]
Nesierax Oberholser , 1899
Nesihierax Dubois, 1902 (unjustified emendation)
Asturaetus De Vis , 1906 (non Asturaetos Brehm 1855: preoccupied)
Plioaetus Richmond , 1908
Sushkinia Tugarinov, 1935 (non Martynov 1930: preoccupied ) – see below
A faucon is a bird o prey in the faimily Falco . The wird falco comes frae the Latin falx ("heuk") acause o the shape o thir birds' weengs.
References
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