Falconidae
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Daptrius |
The family Falconidae includes about 60 species of diurnal birds of prey, notably the falcons and caracaras. They differ from other Falconiformes in killing with their beaks instead of their feet. They have a "tooth" on the side of their beak for the purpose.
Taxonomic list of Falconidae genera
- Genus Daptrius – Black Caracara
- Genus Ibycter – Red-throated Caracara (sometimes included in Daptrius)
- Genus Phalcoboenus (4 species)
- Genus Caracara – crested caracaras (2 living species, 1 recently extinct)
- Genus Milvago – brown caracaras (2 species)
- Genus Herpetotheres – Laughing Falcon
- Genus Micrastur – forest falcons (7 species)
- Genus Spiziapteryx – Spot-winged Falconet
- Genus Polihierax – pygmy-falcons (2 species, includes Neohierax)
- Genus Microhierax – typical falconets (5 species)
- Genus Falco – true falcons, hobbies and kestrels (around 37 species)
Fossil genera:
- Parvulivenator (Early Eocene of England)
- Stintonornis (Early Eocene of England)
- Badiostes (Santa Cruz Early Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina)
- Falconidae gen. et sp. indet. (Early Miocene of Chubut, Argentina)
- Falconidae gen. et sp. indet. (Pinturas Early/Middle Miocene of Argentina)
- Pediohierax (Middle Miocene of Nebraska, USA) – formerly Falco ramenta
- Falconidae gen. et sp. indet. (Cerro Bandera Late Miocene of Neuquén, Argentina)
- "Sushkinia" pliocaena (Early Pliocene of Pavlodar, Kazakhstan) – belongs in Falco?
External links
- http://www.soarinhawk.org/rehab/education/
- Falconidae videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Falconidae sounds in the xeno canto collection
Footnotes
- PVPH 465: a phalanx 1 of the middle toe. A caracara? Possibly belongs in extant genus.(Kramarz et al. 2005)
References
- Kramarz, Alejandro: Garrido, Alberto; Forasiepi, Analía; Bond, Mariano & Tambussi, Claudia (2005): Estratigrafía y vertebrados (Aves y Mammalia) de la Formación Cerro Bandera, Mioceno Temprano de la Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina. Revista geológica de Chile 32(2): 273-291. HTML fulltext
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Falconidae". Image Credit.
