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Taxon: Genus Falco Linnaeus, 1758 (bird)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Sarcopterygii
                                                           Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                                                             Clade Dipnotetrapodomorpha Nelson, 2006
                                                               Clade Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
                                                                 Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
                                                                   Clade Osteolepidida Boulenger 1901 [Cloutier & Ahlberg 1996]
                                                                     Clade Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010
                                                                       [crown] Clade Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961
                                                                         Clade Stegocephali Cope 1868 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                           Clade Labyrinthodontia Owen 1859 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                             Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                               Clade Pan-Amniota Rowe 2004 [Laurin & Smithson 2020]
                                                                                 Clade Batrachosauria
                                                                                   Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
                                                                                     Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
                                                                                       Clade Eureptilia Olson, 1947
                                                                                         Clade Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
                                                                                           Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
                                                                                             Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985
                                                                                               Clade Pan-Archelosauria W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021, sedis mutabilis
                                                                                                 Clade Archelosauria N.G. Crawford, J.F. Parham, A.B. Sellas, B.C. Faircloth, T.C. Glenn, T.J. Papenfuss, ..., W.B. Simison 2015 [W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021]
                                                                                                   Clade Pan-Archosauria Gauthier 2020
                                                                                                     Clade Archosauromorpha von Huene 1946 [Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                       Clade Crocopoda Ezcurra 2016
                                                                                                         Clade Archosauriformes Gauthier 1994 [Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                           Clade Crurotarsi Sereno & Arcucci 1990
                                                                                                             Clade Archosauria Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 2020]
                                                                                                               Clade Pan-Aves Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                 Clade Ornithodira Gauthier 1986 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                   Clade Dinosauromorpha Benton 1985 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                     Clade Dinosauriformes Novas 1992 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                       Clade Dracohors Cau 2018
                                                                                                                         Clade Dinosauria Owen 1842 [Langer, Novas, Bittencourt, Ezcurra & Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                                           Clade Saurischia Seeley 1888 [Gauthier, Langer, Novas, Bittencourt & Ezcurra 2020]
                                                                                                                             Clade Eusaurischia Padian et al. 1999
                                                                                                                               Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                                                 Clade Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
                                                                                                                                   Clade Averostra Paul 2002
                                                                                                                                     Clade Tetanurae Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                       Clade Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012
                                                                                                                                         Clade Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
                                                                                                                                           Clade Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
                                                                                                                                             Clade Tyrannoraptora Sereno 1999, nom. cl. inval.
                                                                                                                                               Clade Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
                                                                                                                                                 Clade Maniraptora Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                                   Clade Pennaraptora Foth et al. 2014
                                                                                                                                                     Clade Paraves Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]
                                                                                                                                                       Clade Avialae Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                                         Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                                                                                           Clade Pygostylia Chatterjee 1997 [Chiappe 2001]
                                                                                                                                                             Clade Ornithothoraces Chiappe 1995
                                                                                                                                                               Clade Ornithuromorpha Chiappe 2001
                                                                                                                                                                 Clade Ornithurae Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier 1986] {Chiappe 1991}
                                                                                                                                                                   Clade Carinatae Merrem 1813 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001]
                                                                                                                                                                     [crown] Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
                                                                                                                                                                       Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
                                                                                                                                                                         Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
                                                                                                                                                                           Division Terrestrornithes B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
                                                                                                                                                                             Subdivision Dendrornithes Verheyen, 1961
                                                                                                                                                                               Section Raptores Baird, 1858
                                                                                                                                                                                 Superorder Falconimorphae Seebohm, 1890
                                                                                                                                                                                   Order Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
                                                                                                                                                                                     Suborder Accipitres (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - hawks
                                                                                                                                                                                       Infraorder Falconides Sharpe, 1874
                                                                                                                                                                                         Superfamily Falconoidea Vigors, 1824
                                                                                                                                                                                           Family Falconidae Vigors, 1824 - falcons, caracaras
                                                                                                                                                                                             Subfamily Falconinae Vigors, 1824 - falcons
                                                                                                                                                                                               Genus Falco Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Falco duboisi Cowles, 1994
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Falco oregonus (Howard, 1946)
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Falco swarthi
                                                                                                                                                                                                 01 Falco naumanni Fleischer, 1818 - lesser kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 02 Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 - common kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 03 Falco newtoni (Gurney, 1863) - Madagascar kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 04 Falco punctatus Temminck, 1821 - Mauritius kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 05 Falco araeus (Oberholser, 1917)
                                                                                                                                                                                                 06 Falco moluccensis (Bonaparte, 1850) - spotted kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 07 Falco cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - Australian kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 08 Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 - American kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 09 Falco rupicoloides Smith, 1829 - greater kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 10 Falco alopex (Heuglin, 1861) - fox kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 11 Falco ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1823 - grey kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 12 Falco dickinsoni Sclater, 1864 - Dickinson's kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 13 Falco zoniventris Peters, 1854 - banded kestrel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 14 Falco chicquera Daudin, 1800 - red-necked falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 15.1 Falco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766 - red-footed falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 15.2 Falco amurensis Radde, 1863 - Amur falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 16 Falco eleonorae Gené, 1839 - Eleonora's falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 17 Falco concolor Temminck, 1825 - sooty falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 18 Falco femoralis Temminck, 1822 - Aplomado falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 19 Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758 - merlin
                                                                                                                                                                                                 20 Falco rufigularis Daudin, 1800 - bat falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 21 Falco deiroleucus Temminck, 1825 - orange-breasted falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 22 Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian hobby
                                                                                                                                                                                                 23 Falco cuvierii A. Smith, 1830 - African hobby
                                                                                                                                                                                                 24 Falco severus Horsfield, 1821 - Oriental hobby
                                                                                                                                                                                                 25 Falco longipennis Swainson, 1838 - Australian hobby
                                                                                                                                                                                                 26 Falco novaeseelandiae J.F. Gmelin, 1788 - New Zealand falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 27 Falco berigora Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - brown falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 28 Falco hypoleucos Gould, 1841 - grey falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 29 Falco subniger Gray, 1843 - black falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 30 Falco biarmicus Temminck, 1825 - Lanner falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 31 Falco jugger Gray, 1834 - Laggar falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 32 Falco cherrug Gray, 1834 - saker falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 33 Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758 - gyrfalcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 34 Falco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850 - prairie falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 35 Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 - peregrine falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 36 Falco pelegrinoides Temminck, 1829 - barbary falcon
                                                                                                                                                                                                 37 Falco fasciinucha Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 - Teita falcon

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