Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (50)
- Monotypic
Jaume Orta, Guy M. Kirwan, and Chuenchom Hansasuta
Version: 1.1 — Published March 5, 2022
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Westelike Rooipootvalk |
| Albanian | Skifteri këmbëkuq |
| Arabic | لزيق |
| Armenian | Կարմրաոտ բազե |
| Asturian | Peñerina patirroxa |
| Azerbaijani | Kərkincək qızılquş |
| Basque | Belatz hankagorria |
| Bulgarian | Червенонога ветрушка |
| Catalan | falcó cama-roig |
| Chinese (SIM) | 西红脚隼 |
| Croatian | crvenonoga vjetruša |
| Czech | poštolka rudonohá |
| Danish | Aftenfalk |
| Dutch | Roodpootvalk |
| English | Red-footed Falcon |
| English (AVI) | Red-footed Falcon |
| English (United States) | Red-footed Falcon |
| Estonian | punajalg-pistrik |
| Finnish | punajalkahaukka |
| French | Faucon kobez |
| French (Canada) | Faucon kobez |
| Galician | Falcón vespertino |
| Georgian | წითელფეხა შავარდენი |
| German | Rotfußfalke |
| Greek | Μαυροκιρκίνεζο |
| Hebrew | בז ערב |
| Hungarian | Kék vércse |
| Icelandic | Kvöldfálki |
| Italian | Falco cuculo |
| Japanese | ニシアカアシチョウゲンボウ |
| Kazakh | Бөктергі |
| Latvian | Kukaiņu piekūns |
| Lithuanian | Raudonkojis sakalas |
| Mongolian | Турамтай шонхор |
| Norwegian | aftenfalk |
| Persian | شاهین پاسرخ |
| Polish | kobczyk |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Falcão-vespertino |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Falcão-vespertino |
| Romanian | Vânturel de seară |
| Russian | Кобчик |
| Serbian | Siva vetruška |
| Slovak | sokol kobcovitý |
| Slovenian | Rdečenoga postovka |
| Spanish | Cernícalo Patirrojo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cernícalo patirrojo |
| Swedish | aftonfalk |
| Turkish | Aladoğan |
| Ukrainian | Кібчик червононогий |
| Zulu | uklebonyawobomvu |
Revision Notes
Chuenchom Hansasuta revised the Appearances page. Peter Pyle reviewed.
Falco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766
PROTONYM:
Falco vespertinus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.129.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ingria = Province of St. Petersburg, fide Hartert, p. 1078.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- FALCO
- falco
- vespertinus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Introduction
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Distribution of the Red-footed Falcon
