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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Genus Falco       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 south of the Sahara  American Kestrel i    Falconidae    Falco sparverius  NA, MA, SA widespread  Amur Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco amurensis  EU e Siberia, Korea 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  Bat Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco rufigularis  MA, SA n Mexico to ne Argentina  Black Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco subniger  AU Australia  Brown Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco berigora  AU widespread  Common Kestrel i    Falconidae    Falco tinnunculus  EU, AF widespread  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, also n AF  Eurasian Hobby i    Falconidae    Falco subbuteo  EU widespread  Fox Kestrel i U    Falconidae    Falco alopex  AF Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya  Greater Kestrel i    Falconidae    Falco rupicoloides  AF e, s  Grey Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco hypoleucos  AU Australia  Grey Kestrel i    Falconidae    Falco ardosiaceus  AF Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia south to Tanzania and west tp Angola and Namibia  Gyrfalcon i    Falconidae    Falco rusticolus  NA, EU arctic Europe, Asia and North America  Laggar Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco jugger  OR Pakistan to Myanmar, India  Lanner Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco biarmicus  EU, AF s Europe, Arabian Peninsula, widespread AF  Lesser Kestrel i    Falconidae    Falco naumanni  EU s Europe and nw Africa to n China  Malagasy Kestrel i    Falconidae    Falco newtoni  AF Madagascar, Aldabra Island  Mauritius Kestrel i    Falconidae    Falco punctatus  IO Mauritius  Merlin i    Falconidae    Falco columbarius  NA, EU widespread  Nankeen Kestrel i    Falconidae    Falco cenchroides  AU widespread  New Zealand Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco novaeseelandiae  AU New Zealand  Orange-breasted Falcon (NT)  i U    Falconidae    Falco deiroleucus  MA, SA s Mexico to ne Argentina  Oriental Hobby i    Falconidae    Falco severus  OR, AU nw India to Solomon Islands  Peregrine Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco peregrinus  Worldwide widespread  Prairie Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco mexicanus  NA, MA sc Canada to sc USA  Red-footed Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco vespertinus  EU c Europe to c Asia  Red-necked Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco chicquera  AF, OR c, w, s AF, India  Reunion Kestrel (EX)  i    Falconidae    Falco duboisi †  IO La Réunion  Rock Kestrel i    Falconidae    Falco rupicolus  AF Angola to s Tanzania south to South Africa  Saker Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco cherrug  EU c Europe to c Asia, s Siberia, n China, Himalayas and Tibet  Seychelles Kestrel i    Falconidae    Falco araeus  AF Seychelles Islands  Sooty Falcon i    Falconidae    Falco concolor  AF, EU e Libya to sw Pakistan  Spotted Kestrel i    Falconidae    Falco moluccensis  OR, AU Moluccas, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, Java and Bali  Taita Falcon i U    Falconidae    Falco fasciinucha  AF s Ethiopia to n South Africa 71%   27 species of 39 (1 extinct).   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.   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