Prairie Falcon

Falco mexicanus - Faucon des prairies

Systematics

Order
:
Falconiformes
Family
:
Falconidés
Genus
:
Falco
Species
:
mexicanus

Descriptor

Schlegel, 1850

Biometrics

Size
: 47 cm
Wingspan
: 91 à 113 cm.
Weight
: 420 à 1100 g

Longevity

15 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Faucon des prairies,
Halcón mexicano,
falcão-das-pradarias,
Präriefalke,
prérisólyom,
Prairievalk,
Falco di prateria,
präriefalk,
Præriefalk,
sokol prériový,
raroh prériový,
Præriefalk,
preeriahaukka,
falcó de les praderies,
sokół preriowy,
prēriju piekūns,
Мексиканский сокол,
ソウゲンハヤブサ,
草原隼,
草原隼,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Tundra, Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Hawks, Eagles and Falcons of North America, Paul A. Johnsgard
Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest