Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
             Suborder Ciconii see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
               Infraorder Falconides Sharpe, 1874
                 Parvorder Falconida see Superfamily Falconoidea Vigors, 1824
                   Family Falconidae Vigors, 1824 - falcons, caracaras
                     Genus Falco Linnaeus, 1758
                       01 Falco berigora Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - brown falcon
                       02 Falco naumanni Fleischer, 1818 - lesser kestrel
                       03 Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 - common kestrel
                       04 Falco newtoni (Gurney, 1863) - Madagascar kestrel
                       05 Falco punctatus Temminck, 1821 - Mauritius kestrel
                       06 Falco araea (Oberholser, 1917) - Seychelles kestrel see Falco araeus (Oberholser, 1917)
                       07 Falco moluccensis (Bonaparte, 1850) - spotted kestrel
                       08 Falco cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - Australian kestrel
                       09 Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 - American kestrel
                       10 Falco rupicoloides Smith, 1829 - greater kestrel
                       11 Falco alopex (Heuglin, 1861) - fox kestrel
                       12 Falco ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1823 - grey kestrel
                       13 Falco dickinsoni Sclater, 1864 - Dickinson's kestrel
                       14 Falco zoniventris Peters, 1854 - banded kestrel
                       15 Falco chicquera Daudin, 1800 - red-necked falcon
                       16 Falco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766 - red-footed falcon
                       17 Falco amurensis Radde, 1863 - Amur falcon
                       18 Falco eleonorae Gené, 1839 - Eleonora's falcon
                       19 Falco concolor Temminck, 1825 - sooty falcon
                       20 Falco femoralis Temminck, 1822 - Aplomado falcon
                       21 Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758 - merlin
                       22 Falco rufigularis Daudin, 1800 - bat falcon
                       23 Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian hobby
                       24 Falco cuvierii A. Smith, 1830 - African hobby
                       25 Falco severus Horsfield, 1821 - Oriental hobby
                       26 Falco longipennis Swainson, 1838 - Australian hobby
                       27 Falco novaeseelandiae J.F. Gmelin, 1788 - New Zealand falcon
                       28 Falco hypoleucos Gould, 1841 - grey falcon
                       29 Falco subniger Gray, 1843 - black falcon
                       30 Falco biarmicus Temminck, 1825 - Lanner falcon
                       31 Falco jugger Gray, 1834 - Laggar falcon
                       32 Falco cherrug Gray, 1834 - saker falcon
                       33 Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758 - gyrfalcon
                       34 Falco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850 - prairie falcon
                       35 Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 - peregrine falcon
                       36 Falco pelegrinoides Temminck, 1829 - barbary falcon
                       37 Falco deiroleucus Temminck, 1825 - orange-breasted falcon
                       38 Falco fasciinucha Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 - Teita falcon