Red-footed Falcon
Falco vespertinusLinnaeus, C, 1766
English (US) Red-footed Falcon
The Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) 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: breeds central Eurasia; winters in sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Falco vespertinus
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Red-footed Falcon
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1766
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1766
- Type locality
- Ingria = Province of St. Petersburg, fide Hartert, p. 1078.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.129
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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