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Falcon

  • Falco

    Falco, which includes 40 species of falcons, is a genus in the family Falconidae. 

    Falco, Falcon: Hawk, eagle (Late Latin).

    1/ Amur falcon (Cắt Amur, Falco amurensis)
    2/ Laggar falcon (Cắt Ấn Độ, Falco jugger), also known as the lugger falcon or jugger 
    3/ Oriental hobby (Cắt bụng hung, Falco severus)
    4/ Peregrine falcon (Cắt lớn, Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine
    5/ Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel
    6/ Merlin (Cắt lưng xám, Falco columbarius) 
    7/ Eurasian hobby (Cắt Trung Quốc, Falco subbuteo) or just hobby

  • Neohierax

    Neohierax is a bird genus native to Indochina, in the family Falconidae. The genus was formerly included in the genus Polihierax.

    Falco, Falcon: Hawk, eagle (Late Latin).
    Neo: From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).
    hierax: Greek for hawk.

    1/  White-rumped falcon (Cắt nhỏ họng trắng, Neohierax insignis, formerly Polihierax insignis), also known as white-rumped pygmy falcon, white-rumped falconet, Fielden's falconet,or Burmese pigmy falcon

    Phylogenetic analyses of morphological characteristics found the white-rumped falcon to be basal to the Falco clade, but separate from the clade containing the pygmy falcon (or African pigmy falcon, Polihierax semitorquatus) and Microhierax (falconets or pigmy falcons).

    Research in molecular genetics has also found that the white-rumped falcon is more closely related to the Falco falcons than it is to the pygmy falcon.

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