| Ostriches | | Rheas | | Kiwis | | Cassowaries | | Tinamous | | Waterfowl | | Landfowl | | Nightjars | | Oilbird | | Frogmouths | | Owlet-nightjars | | Treeswifts, Swifts, Hummingbirds | | Turacos | | Bustards | | Cuckoos | | Mesites | | Sandgrouse | | Doves, Pigeons | | Cranes, Rails & relatives | | Grebes | | Flamingos | | Shorebirds | | Sunbittern, Kagu | | Tropicbirds | | Loons | | Penguins | | Tubenoses | | Storks | | Gannets, Cormorants & relatives | | Pelicans, Ibises, Herons & relatives | | Hoatzin | | Birds of Prey | | Owls | | Mousebirds | | Cuckoo roller | | Trogons | | Hornbills, Hoopoes, Wood hoopoes | | Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & relatives | | Woodpeckers and Relatives | | Seriemas | | Falcons, Caracaras | | | Caracaras | | | Forest-falcons | | | Falcons | | | Falconets | | Parrots | | Perching birds (Songbirds) |
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| Abyssinian lanner falcon | | African hobby | | African peregrine falcon AF | American kestrel
(American sparrowhawk)
(No Subspecific status) nEU,EU ,NA,SA | American kestrel
(American Sparrowhawk)
(Nominate subspecies) NA | Amur falcon
(Amur red-footed falcon)
(Eastern red-footed falcon) AF | Antillean kestrel
(Antillean sparrow hawk) | | Aplomado falcon EU ,nEU,NA,AS,SA | | Arctic peregrine falcon | | Australian hobby | Australian kestrel
(Nankeen kestrel) AU | Barbary falcon
(Shaheen falcon)
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,AS,SA | Bat falcon
(Rufous-throated falcon) NA | | Black shaheen falcon | | Black-cheeked falcon | | Brown falcon | | Chinese hobby | Cinnamomeous kestrel
(Cinnamomeous sparrow hawk) | Common kestrel
(No Subspecific status) NA,AS,AF | | Cuban kestrel | Eastern peregrine falcon
(Siberian peregrine falcon) AS | | Eastern saker falcon nEU,EU ,AS | | Egyptian kestrel | | Eleonora's falcon EU | Eurasian hobby
(Nominate subspecies) EU ,AS,nEU | European kestrel
(Eurasian kestrel)
(Common kestrel) EU ,nEU,AS,NA | European Lanner Falcon
(Feldegg`s falcon) EU | | European merlin nEU | | European peregrine falcon EU ,nEU | Greater kestrel
(White-eyed kestrel) nEU | | Grey kestrel | | Gyrfalcon EU ,nEU,AS,NA | | Himalayan kestrel AS | | Hispaniolan kestrel NA | | Isabelline kestrel | | Laggar falcon EU ,nEU,NA | Lanner falcon
(No Subspecific status) nEU,EU ,AS,NA,AF | | Lesser kestrel EU ,AS,nEU | | Mauritius kestrel | Merlin
(Nominate subspecies) nEU,NA | Merlin
(Pigeon hawk)
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,NA | | New Caledonian peregrine falcon AU | New Zealand falcon
(New Zealand hobby) AU,nEU,EU | North African lanner falcon
(Erlanger`s falcon) EU ,AF | | North American peregrine NA | | Orange-breasted falcon | | Oriental hobby | | Peale's falcon EU | Peregrine falcon
(No Subspecific status) EU ,NA,nEU,AS,SA,AF | | Peruvian Kestrel SA | | Prairie falcon nEU,NA | | Red-footed falcon EU ,nEU,AS | Red-naped shaheen
(Red shaheen falcon) EU ,nEU | Red-necked falcon
(Red-headed merlin) | Rock kestrel
(South African kestrel) AF | Rufescent kestrel
(Mountain kestrel) | Saker falcon
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,AS,NA,AF | | Seychelles kestrel | Sooty falcon
(Ash-coloured falcon) | | South European peregrine falcon EU ,AS | | Southeast American kestrel NA | | Southern Lanner falcon | Spotted kestrel
(Moluccan kestrel) | | Sudan lanner falcon | | Taita falcon NA | | Tundra peregrine falcon EU | | Turkestan saker falcon | | West Canarian Common kestrel | | Western Barbary falcon EU | | Western saker falcon EU | |
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Red-footed falcon
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Falco vespertinus
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Photo by: F. Spangenberg (Männchen) | | | Additional images here: www.biolib.cz |
| | Number of Subspecies: | 00 | | Information Source for Taxonomy: | del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. (1994) HBW. Vol. 2
| | Body length: | 28 - 35 cm | | Wingspan: | 65 - 75 cm | | Weight: | 150 - 200 g | | IUCN status: | VU (Vulnerable)
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