North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Falco Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

159071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159071)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Falconidae Vigors, 1824

Direct children (6)

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Species Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758
Species Falco eleonorae Géné, 1839
Species Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771
Species Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758
Species Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2025). Falco Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159071 on 2026-06-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Falco Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159071 on 2026-06-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2017-10-02 08:42:01Z

checked

Tasker, Mark

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]

basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Definitions

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