Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (56)
- Monotypic
Jaume Orta, Guy M. Kirwan, Jeffrey S. Marks, Ryan C. Burner, Sundev Gombobaatar, P. van Els, and Chuenchom Hansasuta
Version: 1.1 — Published June 21, 2024
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Oostelike Rooipootvalk |
| Azerbaijani | Amur qızılquşu |
| Bangla (India) | তুতুর বাজ |
| Basque | Belatz mantxuriarra |
| Bulgarian | Амурска ветрушка |
| Catalan | falcó de l'Amur |
| Chinese | 紅腳隼 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 阿穆爾隼 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 红脚隼 (阿穆尔隼) |
| Croatian | amurska vjetruša |
| Czech | poštolka amurská |
| Danish | Amurfalk |
| Dutch | Amoerroodpootvalk |
| English | Amur Falcon |
| English (AVI) | Amur Falcon |
| English (United States) | Amur Falcon |
| Estonian | ida-punajalgpistrik |
| Faroese | Amursmyril |
| Finnish | amurinhaukka |
| French | Faucon de l'Amour |
| French (Canada) | Faucon de l'Amour |
| Galician | Falcón do Amur |
| German | Amurfalke |
| Greek | Ασιατικό Μαυροκιρκίνεζο |
| Gujarati | આમુર શાહિન |
| Hebrew | בז אמור |
| Hungarian | Amuri vércse |
| Icelandic | Húmfálki |
| Italian | Falco dell'Amur |
| Japanese | アカアシチョウゲンボウ |
| Kannada | ಅಮೂರ್ ಚಾಣ |
| Kazakh | Амур бөктергісі |
| Korean | 비둘기조롱이 |
| Latvian | Amūras piekūns |
| Lithuanian | Amūrinis sakalas |
| Malayalam | ചെങ്കാലൻ പുള്ള് |
| Mongolian | Амарын шонхор |
| Nepali (Nepal) | अमुर बाज |
| Norwegian | amurfalk |
| Persian | شاهین آمور |
| Polish | kobczyk amurski |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Falcão do Amur |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Falcão-do-amur |
| Romanian | Vânturel de Amur |
| Russian | Амурский кобчик |
| Serbian | Amurska vetruška |
| Slovak | sokol amurský |
| Slovenian | Amurska postovka |
| Spanish | Cernícalo del Amur |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cernícalo del Amur |
| Swedish | amurfalk |
| Telugu | ఎర్రకాళ్ళ జాలె డేగ |
| Thai | เหยี่ยวตีนแดง |
| Turkish | Amur Doğanı |
| Ukrainian | Кібчик амурський |
| Zulu | oklebeklebe |
Revision Notes
Ryan C. Burner, Sundev Gombobaatar, and Paul van Els revised the Breeding page with smaller edits throughout the draft. Chuenchom Hansasuta and Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Falco amurensis Radde, 1863
PROTONYM:
Falco vespertinus var. amurensis
Radde, 1863. Reisen im Süden von Ost-Sibirien in den Jahren 1855-1859 (etc.) (2), 2, p.102 pl.1 fig.2a,2b,2c.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Zeya River, Amurland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- FALCO
- falco
- amurensis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Amur Falcon
Map last updated 07 January 2025.
