Faucon

Faucon; Temporal range: Late Miocene to present.
	Falco berigora in Victoria, Australie
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Aves
Faimily:	Falconidae
Subfaimily:	Falconinae
Genus:	Falco; Linnaeus, 1758
Speshies
	About 37; see text.
Synonyms
	Aesalon; Lithofalco; Tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1766; Hierofalco Cuvier, 1817; Cerchneis Boie, 1826; Hypotriorchis Boie, 1826; Rhynchodon Nitzsch, 1829; Ieracidea Gould, 1838; Hieracidea Strickland, 1841 (unjuistifee'd emendation)[verification needit]; Gennaia Kaup, 1847; Jerafalco Kaup, 1850 (unjuistifee'd emendation); Harpe Bonaparte, 1855 (non Lacepède 1802[verification needit]: preoccupied); Dissodectes Sclater, 1864; Genaïe Heuglin, 1867 (unjuistifee'd emendation)[verification needit]; Harpa Sharpe, 1874 (non Pallas 1774: preoccupied); Gennadas Heine & Reichenow, 1890[verification needit] (unjustified emendation)[verification needit]; Nesierax Oberholser, 1899; Nesihierax Dubois, 1902 (unjustified emendation); Asturaetus De Vis, 1906 (non Asturaetos Brehm 1855: preoccupied); Plioaetus Richmond, 1908; Sushkinia Tugarinov, 1935 (non Martynov 1930: preoccupied) – see below;

A faucon is a bird o prey in the faimily Falco. The wird falco comes frae the Latin falx ("heuk") acause o the shape o thir birds' weengs.

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