Here are some pictures of Falcon
Compared to other birds of prey, the fossil record of the falcons is not well distributed in time. The oldest fossils tentatively assigned to this genus are from the Late Miocene, less than 10 million years ago.
The sequence follows the taxonomic order of White et al. (1996), except for adjustments in the kestrel sequence.
- Madagascar Kestrel, Falco newtoni
- Seychelles Kestrel, Falco araea
- Mauritius Kestrel, Falco punctatus
- Réunion Kestrel, Falco duboisi - extinct (c.1700)
- Spotted Kestrel, Falco moluccensis
- Nankeen Kestrel or Australian Kestrel, Falco cenchroides
- Common Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
- Rock Kestrel, Falco (tinnunculus) rupicolus
- Greater Kestrel, Falco rupicoloides
- Fox Kestrel, Falco alopex
- Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni
- Grey Kestrel, Falco ardosiaceus
- Dickinson's Kestrel, Falco dickinsoni
- Banded Kestrel, Falco zoniventris
- Red-necked Falcon, Falco chicquera
- African Red-necked Falcon, Falco (chicquera) ruficollis
- Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus
- Amur Falcon, Falco amurensis
- Eleonora's Falcon, Falco eleonorae
- Sooty Falcon, Falco concolor
- American Kestrel or "Sparrow Hawk", Falco sparverius
- Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis
- (American) Merlin or "Pigeon Hawk", Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Merlin, Falco (columbarius) aesalon
- Bat Falcon, Falco rufigularis
- Orange-breasted Falcon, Falco deiroleucus
- Eurasian Hobby, Falco subbuteo
- African Hobby, Falco cuvierii
- Oriental Hobby, Falco severus
- Australian Hobby or Little Falcon, Falco longipennis
- New Zealand Falcon, Falco novaeseelandiae
- Brown Falcon, Falco berigora
- Grey Falcon, Falco hypoleucos
- Black Falcon, Falco subniger
- Lanner Falcon, Falco biarmicus
- Laggar Falcon, Falco jugger
- Saker Falcon, Falco cherrug
- Altai Falcon, Falco altaicus (status unclear)
- Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
- Prairie Falcon, Falco mexicanus
- Peregrine Falcon or "Duck Hawk", Falco peregrinus
- Peale's Falcon, Falco peregrinus pealei
- Pallid Falcon, Falco peregrinus cassini var. kreyenborgi
- Barbary Falcon, Falco (peregrinus) pelegrinoides
- Taita Falcon, Falco fasciinucha