Black Falcon Falco subniger Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Czech | raroh černý |
| Dutch | Zwarte Valk |
| English | Black Falcon |
| English (United States) | Black Falcon |
| French | Faucon noir |
| French (French Guiana) | Faucon noir |
| German | Rußfalke |
| Japanese | クロハヤブサ |
| Norwegian | svartfalk |
| Polish | sokół czarny |
| Russian | Чёрный сокол |
| Serbian | Crni soko |
| Slovak | sokol tmavý |
| Spanish | Halcón Negro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Halcón negro |
| Swedish | svartfalk |
| Turkish | Kara Doğan |
| Ukrainian | Сокіл чорний |
Revision Notes
Stephen Debus revised the account. JoAnn Hackos, Daphne R. Walmer, and Robin K. Murie copy edited the account. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Eliza R. Wein revised the distribution map.
Falco subniger "Gray, GR", 1843
PROTONYM:
Falco subniger
"Gray, GR", 1843. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1), 11, p.371.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Australia? = Victoria, fide Mathews, List Bds. Austr., 1913, p. 112.
Definitions
- FALCO
- falco
- subniger / subnigra
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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