Gyrfalcon
Falco rusticolusLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Gyrfalcon
The Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) 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: mountains and tundra of northern Palearctic region and northern North AmericaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Falco rusticolus
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gyrfalcon
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Sweden.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.88
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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