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Falconidae: Falcons, Caracaras Laughing Falcon, Herpetotheres cachinnans Buckley’s Forest-Falcon, Micrastur buckleyi Herpetotherinae Collared Forest-Falcon, Micrastur semitorquatus Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon, Micrastur mirandollei Barred Forest-Falcon, Micrastur ruﬁcollis Cryptic Forest-Falcon, Micrastur mintoni Plumbeous Forest-Falcon, Micrastur plumbeus Lined Forest-Falcon, Micrastur gilvicollis Spot-winged Falconet, Spiziapteryx circumcincta Southern Caracara / Southern Crested Caracara, Caracara plancus Crested Caracara / Northern Crested Caracara, Caracara cheriway Caracarinae ?Guadalupe Caracara, Caracara lutosa Red-throated Caracara, Ibycter americanus Black Caracara, Daptrius ater Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima Chimango Caracara, Phalcoboenus chimango Striated Caracara, Phalcoboenus australis Carunculated Caracara, Phalcoboenus carunculatus Mountain Caracara, Phalcoboenus megalopterus White-throated Caracara, Phalcoboenus albogularis Pygmy Falcon, Polihierax semitorquatus Philippine Falconet, Microhierax erythrogenys Polihieracini Collared Falconet, Microhierax caerulescens Pied Falconet, Microhierax melanoleucos Black-thighed Falconet, Microhierax fringillarius White-fronted Falconet, Microhierax latifrons White-rumped Falcon, Neohierax insignis Falconinae Banded Kestrel, Falco zoniventris Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni Fox Kestrel, Falco alopex Greater Kestrel, Falco rupicoloides Falconini Seychelles Kestrel, Falco araeus Malagasy Kestrel, Falco newtoni ?Reunion Kestrel, Falco duboisi Mauritius Kestrel, Falco punctatus Rock Kestrel, Falco rupicolus Spotted Kestrel, Falco moluccensis Eurasian Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus Nankeen Kestrel, Falco cenchroides American Kestrel, Falco sparverius Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus Amur Falcon, Falco amurensis Merlin, Falco columbarius Gray Kestrel, Falco ardosiaceus Dickinson’s Kestrel, Falco dickinsoni Brown Falcon, Falco berigora Bat Falcon, Falco ruﬁgularis Orange-breasted Falcon, Falco deiroleucus Australian Hobby, Falco longipennis Oriental Hobby, Falco severus Eleonora’s Falcon, Falco eleonorae Sooty Falcon, Falco concolor Eurasian Hobby, Falco subbuteo African Hobby, Falco cuvierii New Zealand Falcon, Falco novaeseelandiae Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis Red-necked Falcon, Falco chicquera Prairie Falcon, Falco mexicanus Gray Falcon, Falco hypoleucos Taita Falcon, Falco fasciinucha Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus Barbary Falcon, Falco pelegrinoides Lanner Falcon, Falco biarmicus Laggar Falcon, Falco jugger Black Falcon, Falco subniger Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus Saker Falcon, Falco cherrug Source: Fuchs et al. (2015)..

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