Famiglia
Falcons and Caracaras
Falconidae
64 specie con una pagina su Motmot.
Ordine: Falconiformes
The falcons and caracaras are around 65 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae (representing all extant species in the order Falconiformes). The family likely originated in South America during the Paleocene and is divided into three subfamilies: Herpetotherinae, which includes the laughing falcon and the forest falcons; Polyborinae, which includes the spot-winged falconet and the caracaras; and Falconinae, the true falcons, hobbies and kestrels (Falco) and the falconets (Microhierax).
Specie di questa famiglia
- Guadalupe Caracara Caracara lutosa
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- White-throated Caracara Daptrius albogularis
- Black Caracara Daptrius ater
- Striated Caracara Daptrius australis
- Carunculated Caracara Daptrius carunculatus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Chimango Caracara Daptrius chimango
- Mountain Caracara Daptrius megalopterus
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Falco dell'Amur Falco amurensis
- Seychelles Kestrel Falco araeus
- Gray Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Lanario Falco biarmicus
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Sacro Falco cherrug
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Smeriglio Falco columbarius
- Falco unicolore Falco concolor
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Falco della regina Falco eleonorae
- Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Gray Falcon Falco hypoleucos
- Falco laggar Falco jugger
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Spotted Kestrel Falco moluccensis
- Grillaio Falco naumanni
- Malagasy Kestrel Falco newtoni
- New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
- Falco pellegrino Falco peregrinus
- Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Lodolaio Falco subbuteo
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Gheppio Falco tinnunculus
- Falco cuculo Falco vespertinus
- Banded Kestrel Falco zoniventris
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus
- Buckley's Forest-Falcon Micrastur buckleyi
- Lined Forest-Falcon Micrastur gilvicollis
- Cryptic Forest-Falcon Micrastur mintoni
- Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon Micrastur mirandollei
- Plumbeous Forest-Falcon Micrastur plumbeus
- Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens
- Philippine Falconet Microhierax erythrogenys
- Black-thighed Falconet Microhierax fringillarius
- White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons
- Pied Falconet Microhierax melanoleucos
- White-rumped Falcon Neohierax insignis
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Spot-winged Falconet Spiziapteryx circumcincta
Specie simili a confronto
- American Kestrel vs Bat Falcon
- Aplomado Falcon vs Falco pellegrino
- Buckley's Forest-Falcon vs Collared Forest-Falcon
- Carunculated Caracara vs Fox Kestrel
- Collared Forest-Falcon vs Barred Forest-Falcon
- Collared Forest-Falcon vs Bat Falcon
- Dickinson's Kestrel vs Falco dell'Amur
- Falco cuculo vs Falco dell'Amur
- Falco dell'Amur vs Taita Falcon
- Falco della regina vs Sacro
- Falco laggar vs Sacro
- Gheppio vs Gyrfalcon
- Gheppio vs Prairie Falcon
- Grillaio vs Dickinson's Kestrel
- Grillaio vs Falco della regina
- Lodolaio vs Lanario
- Mauritius Kestrel vs Aplomado Falcon
- Mauritius Kestrel vs Black Falcon
- Pygmy Falcon vs Dickinson's Kestrel
- Red-throated Caracara vs Yellow-headed Caracara
- Rock Kestrel vs Dickinson's Kestrel
- Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon vs Lined Forest-Falcon
- Smeriglio vs Gyrfalcon
- Smeriglio vs Oriental Hobby