Prairie Falcon

Falco mexicanus - Faucon des prairies

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,
  • präriefalk,
  • 草原隼,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

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

Geographic range

Distribution

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

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