New Zealand Falcon
Falco novaeseelandiaeGmelin, JF, 1788
English (US) New Zealand Falcon
The New Zealand Falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras) in the order Falconiformes.
Range: locally in New Zealand, including Stewart and Auckland islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Falco novaeseelandiae
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- New Zealand Falcon
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1788
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco novae-Seelandiae
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1788
- Type locality
- Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand, ex Latham.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.268
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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