Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (65 species) Again?
IUCN and region codes at bottom of page.
Order Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding subregions |
Nonbreeding subregions |
- FALCONIFORMES |
African Hobby i | Falconidae | Falco cuvierii | AF | widespread s of the Sahara |
American Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco sparverius | NA, MA, SA | widespread |
Amur Falcon i | Falconidae | Falco amurensis | EU | e Siberia, Korean Pen. and ne China |
Aplomado Falcon i | Falconidae | Falco femoralis | MA, SA | widespread |
Australian Hobby i | Falconidae | Falco longipennis | AU | widespread |
Banded Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco zoniventris | AF | Madagascar |
Barred Forest Falcon i | Falconidae | Micrastur ruficollis | MA, SA | s Mexico to n Argentina |
Bat Falcon i | Falconidae | Falco rufigularis | MA, SA | n Mexico to ne Argentina |
Black Caracara i | Falconidae | Daptrius ater | SA | Amazonia |
Black Falcon i U | Falconidae | Falco subniger | AU | Australia |
Black-thighed Falconet i | Falconidae | Microhierax fringillarius | OR | Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas |
Brown Falcon i | Falconidae | Falco berigora | AU | widespread |
Buckley's Forest Falcon i U | Falconidae | Micrastur buckleyi | SA | w Amazonia |
Carunculated Caracara i | Falconidae | Phalcoboenus carunculatus | SA | Ecuador and sw Colombia |
Chimango Caracara i | Falconidae | Milvago chimango | SA | Southern Cone |
Collared Falconet i U | Falconidae | Microhierax caerulescens | OR | ne India through se Asia |
Collared Forest Falcon i | Falconidae | Micrastur semitorquatus | MA, SA | c Mexico to n Argentina |
Common Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco tinnunculus | EU, AF | widespread |
Crested Caracara i | Falconidae | Caracara plancus | NA, MA, SA | s USA to S SA, Falkland Is. |
Cryptic Forest Falcon i U | Falconidae | Micrastur mintoni | SA | e Amazonia s to Bolivia |
Dickinson's Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco dickinsoni | AF | Angola and Namibia to c Kenya and n Mozambique |
Eleonora's Falcon i | Falconidae | Falco eleonorae | EU | s Europe and n AF |
Eurasian Hobby i | Falconidae | Falco subbuteo | EU | widespread |
Fox Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco alopex | AF | Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya |
Greater Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco rupicoloides | AF | e, s |
Grey Falcon (VU) i | Falconidae | Falco hypoleucos | AU | Australia |
Grey Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco ardosiaceus | AF | Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia s to Tanzania and west to Angola and Namibia |
Guadalupe Caracara (EX) i | Falconidae | Caracara lutosa † | MA | Guadalupe I. (off nw Mexico) |
Gyrfalcon i | Falconidae | Falco rusticolus | NA, EU | arctic Europe, Asia and North America |
Laggar Falcon (NT) i | Falconidae | Falco jugger | OR | Pakistan through India to c Myanmar |
Lanner Falcon i | Falconidae | Falco biarmicus | EU, AF | s Europe, Arabian Pen. and widespread AF |
Laughing Falcon i | Falconidae | Herpetotheres cachinnans | MA, SA | Mexico to n Argentina |
Lesser Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco naumanni | EU | s Europe and nw Africa to n China |
Lined Forest Falcon i U | Falconidae | Micrastur gilvicollis | SA | Amazonia |
Malagasy Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco newtoni | AF | Madagascar and Aldabra I. |
Mauritius Kestrel (EN) i | Falconidae | Falco punctatus | IO | Mauritius |
Merlin i | Falconidae | Falco columbarius | NA, EU | widespread |
Mountain Caracara i | Falconidae | Phalcoboenus megalopterus | SA | Peru to c Chile |
Nankeen Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco cenchroides | AU | widespread |
New Zealand Falcon (NT) i | Falconidae | Falco novaeseelandiae | AU | New Zealand |
Orange-breasted Falcon (NT) i | Falconidae | Falco deiroleucus | MA, SA | s Mexico to ne Argentina |
Oriental Hobby i | Falconidae | Falco severus | OR, AU | nw India to Solomon Is. |
Peregrine Falcon i | Falconidae | Falco peregrinus | Worldwide | widespread |
Philippine Falconet i | Falconidae | Microhierax erythrogenys | OR | Philippines |
Pied Falconet i | Falconidae | Microhierax melanoleucos | OR | ne India to s China and c Vietnam |
Plumbeous Forest Falcon (VU) i U | Falconidae | Micrastur plumbeus | SA | sw Colombia and nw Ecuador |
Prairie Falcon i | Falconidae | Falco mexicanus | NA, MA | sc Canada to sc USA |
Pygmy Falcon i | Falconidae | Polihierax semitorquatus | AF | e, s |
Red-footed Falcon (NT) i | Falconidae | Falco vespertinus | EU | c Europe to c Asia |
Red-necked Falcon (NT) i | Falconidae | Falco chicquera | AF, OR | c, w, s AF and India |
Red-throated Caracara i | Falconidae | Ibycter americanus | MA, SA | s Mexico to s Brazil |
Reunion Kestrel (EX) i | Falconidae | Falco duboisi | IO | La Réunion |
Rock Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco rupicolus | AF | Angola to s Tanzania s to South Africa |
Saker Falcon (EN) i | Falconidae | Falco cherrug | EU | c Europe to c Asia, s Siberia, n China, Himalayas and Tibet |
Seychelles Kestrel (VU) i | Falconidae | Falco araeus | AF | Seychelles Is. |
Slaty-backed Forest Falcon i | Falconidae | Micrastur mirandollei | MA, SA | Costa Rica to e Brazil |
Sooty Falcon (VU) i | Falconidae | Falco concolor | AF, EU | e Libya to sw Pakistan |
Spot-winged Falconet i U | Falconidae | Spiziapteryx circumcincta | SA | se Bolivia and w Paraguay to c Argentina |
Spotted Kestrel i | Falconidae | Falco moluccensis | OR, AU | Moluccas, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, Java and Bali |
Striated Caracara (NT) i | Falconidae | Phalcoboenus australis | SA | s islands |
Taita Falcon (VU) i U | Falconidae | Falco fasciinucha | AF | s Ethiopia to n South Africa |
White-fronted Falconet (NT) i U | Falconidae | Microhierax latifrons | OR | Borneo |
White-rumped Falcon (NT) i U | Falconidae | Polihierax insignis | OR | se Asia |
White-throated Caracara i | Falconidae | Phalcoboenus albogularis | SA | s Chile and s Argentina |
Yellow-headed Caracara i | Falconidae | Milvago chimachima | MA, SA | Costa Rica to n Argentina |
71% 45 species of 65 (2 extinct).
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IUCN Status Codes |
EX | Extinct |
EW | Extinct in the wild |
CR | Critically Endangered |
EN | Endangered |
VU | Vulnerable |
NT | Near Threatened |
LC | Least Concern |
DD | Data deficient |
NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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Breeding Range Codes |
AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
AN | Antarctica |
AO | Atlantic Ocean |
AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
EU | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
IO | Indian Ocean |
LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
NO | Northern oceans |
OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
PO | Pacific Ocean |
SA | South America |
SO | Southern oceans |
TO | Temperate oceans |
TrO | Tropical oceans |
Worldwide | Worldwide |
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