FALCONIDAE

The family 'Falconidae' includes about 60 species of diurnal birds of prey, notably the falcons and caracaras. They differ from other Falconiformes in killing with their beaks instead of their feet. They have a "tooth" on the side of their beak for the purpose.

Contents

Taxonomic list of Falconidae genera

External links

Footnotes

References

Taxonomic list of Falconidae genera

★ Genus ''Daptrius'' - Black Caracara

★ Genus ''Ibycter'' - Red-throated Caracara (sometimes included in ''Daptrius'')

★ Genus ''Phalcoboenus'' (4 species)

★ Genus ''Polyborus'' - crested caracaras (1 living species, 1 recently extinct)

★ Genus ''Milvago'' - brown caracaras (2 species)

★ Genus ''Herpetotheres'' - Laughing Falcon

★ Genus ''Micrastur'' - forest falcons (7 species)

★ Genus ''Spiziapteryx'' - Spot-winged Falconet

★ Genus ''Polihierax'' - pygmy-falcons (2 species, includes ''Neohierax'')

★ Genus ''Microhierax'' - typical falconets (5 species)

★ Genus ''Falco'' - true falcons, hobbies and kestrels (around 37 species)
'Fossil genera:'

★ ''Parvulivenator'' (Early Eocene of England)

★ ''Stintonornis'' (Early Eocene of England)

★ ''Badiostes'' (Santa Cruz Early Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina)

★ Falconidae gen. et sp. indet. (Early Miocene of Chubut, Argentina)

★ Falconidae gen. et sp. indet. (Pinturas Early/Middle Miocene of Argentina)

★ ''Pediohierax'' (Middle Miocene of Nebraska, USA) - formerly ''Falco ramenta''

★ Falconidae gen. et sp. indet. (Cerro Bandera Late Miocene of Neuquén, Argentina)^[1]

★ ''"Sushkinia" pliocaena'' (Early Pliocene of Pavlodar, Kazakhstan) - belongs into ''Falco''?

External links

★ http://www.soarinhawk.org/rehab/education/

★ Falconidae videos on the Internet Bird Collection

★ Falconidae sounds in the xeno canto collection

Footnotes

1. PVPH 465: a phalanx 1 of the middle toe. A caracara? Possibly belongs into extant genus.(Kramarz ''et al.'' 2005)

References

★ (2005): Estratigrafía y vertebrados (Aves y Mammalia) de la Formación Cerro Bandera, Mioceno Temprano de la Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina. ''Revista geológica de Chile'' '32'(2): 273-291. HTML fulltext