Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
           Family Falconidae Vigors, 1824 - falcons, caracaras
             Genus Falco Linnaeus, 1758
               01 Falco naumanni Fleischer, 1818 - lesser kestrel
               02 Falco rupicoloides Smith, 1829 - greater kestrel
               03 Falco alopex (Heuglin, 1861) - fox kestrel
               04 Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 - American kestrel
               05 Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 - common kestrel
               06 Falco newtoni (Gurney, 1863) - Madagascar kestrel
               07 Falco punctatus Temminck, 1821 - Mauritius kestrel
               08 Falco araea (Oberholser, 1917) - Seychelles kestrel see Falco araeus (Oberholser, 1917)
               09 Falco moluccensis (Bonaparte, 1850) - spotted kestrel
               10 Falco cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - Australian kestrel
               11 Falco ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1823 - grey kestrel
               12 Falco dickinsoni Sclater, 1864 - Dickinson's kestrel
               13 Falco zoniventris Peters, 1854 - banded kestrel
               14 Falco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766 - red-footed falcon
               15 Falco amurensis Radde, 1863 - Amur falcon
               16 Falco chiquera Daudin, 1800 see Falco chicquera Daudin, 1800
               17 Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758 - merlin
               18 Falco berigora Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - brown falcon
               19 Falco novaezeelandiae Gmelin, 1788 see Falco novaeseelandiae J.F. Gmelin, 1788
               20 Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian hobby
               21 Falco cuvieri Smith, 1830 see Falco cuvierii A. Smith, 1830
               22 Falco severus Horsfield, 1821 - Oriental hobby
               23 Falco longipennis Swainson, 1838 - Australian hobby
               24 Falco eleonorae Gené, 1839 - Eleonora's falcon
               25 Falco concolor Temminck, 1825 - sooty falcon
               26 Falco rufigularis Daudin, 1800 - bat falcon
               27 Falco femoralis Temminck, 1822 - Aplomado falcon
               28 Falco hypoleucos Gould, 1841 - grey falcon
               29 Falco subniger Gray, 1843 - black falcon
               30 Falco biarmicus Temminck, 1825 - Lanner falcon
               31 Falco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850 - prairie falcon
               32 Falco jugger Gray, 1834 - Laggar falcon
               33 Falco cherrug Gray, 1834 - saker falcon
               34 Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758 - gyrfalcon
               35 Falco deiroleucus Temminck, 1825 - orange-breasted falcon
               36 Falco fasciinucha Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 - Teita falcon
               37 Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 - peregrine falcon
               38 Falco pelegrinoides Temminck, 1829 - barbary falcon