Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Karen Steenhof
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 3, 2013
Text last updated January 3, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Прериен сокол |
| Catalan | falcó de praderia |
| Croatian | prerijski sokol |
| Czech | raroh prériový |
| Dutch | Prairievalk |
| English | Prairie Falcon |
| English (United States) | Prairie Falcon |
| French | Faucon des prairies |
| French (France) | Faucon des prairies |
| German | Präriefalke |
| Icelandic | Sléttufálki |
| Japanese | ソウゲンハヤブサ |
| Norwegian | præriefalk |
| Polish | sokół preriowy |
| Russian | Мексиканский сокол |
| Serbian | Prerijski soko |
| Slovak | sokol prériový |
| Slovenian | Prerijski sokol |
| Spanish | Halcón Mexicano |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Halcón Mexicano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Halcón mexicano |
| Swedish | präriefalk |
| Turkish | Çayır Doğanı |
| Ukrainian | Сокіл прерієвий |
Falco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850
PROTONYM:
Falco mexicanus
Schlegel, 1850. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie Heft3, p.15.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mexico. Type from Monterrey (cf. Schlegel, 1862, Mus. Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, Rev. Method. Crit. Coll., livr. 1, Falcones, p. 18, note).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- FALCO
- falco
- mexicanum / mexicanus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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- Migration
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Prairie Falcon.
