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The falcons are small to medium sized birds with long, tapering wings built for speed. They feed on a variety of prey, from insects to birds. Although most falcons actively pursue their prey, the Kestrel is a familiar sight hovering along roadside verges waiting to pounce on an unlucky mouse or vole.
Falconids can be found in most terrestrial habitats throughout the world, but the greatest diversity of falconids is found in South America and Africa. All falconids are able hunters that can take a variety of prey, including insects, birds, mammals, herpetiles and carrion.
Falcons and caracaras are carnivores, feeding on birds, small mammals including bats, [3] reptiles, insects and carrion. In popular imagination the falconids are fast flying predators, and while this is true of the genus Falco and some falconets, other species, particularly the caracaras, are more sedentary in their feeding.
Falconinae is a subfamily of falconid birds of prey that includes 44 species in three genera. It includes Microhierax (the typical falconets), Polihierax (the pygmy falcons), and Falco (the falcons).
Falcons (/ ˈ f ɒ l k ən, ˈ f ɔː l-, ˈ f æ l-/) are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species. Some small species of falcons with long, narrow wings are called hobbies , [ 7 ] and some that hover while hunting are called kestrels .
ImageCommon NameScientific NameFalco newtoniMadagascar, Mayotte, and the Comores.Falco araeusSeychelles IslandsFalco punctatusMauritiusFalco moluccensisWallacea and Java.Falcons are any of the diurnal birds of prey belonging to the family Falconidae, distinguished by their thin, tapered wings. Known for their amazing flying abilities, they possess plumes or ‘flags’ on the legs and have a small projection in their beak that is developed into a ‘tooth’.
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The falcons, genus Falco, the largest group of falconids, are clearly closely related and are thought to have undergone rapid radiation and expansion early in the Pleistocene (about 1.85 million years ago), when the grasslands opened up.
