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===List of genera=== Below is list of the subfamilies and genera of the Falconidae.<ref name=ioc/> {| class="wikitable collapsible" |- ! Subfamily ! Image ! Genus ! Species |- ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Herpetotherinae]] |[[File:Micrastur mintoni - Cryptic Forest Falcon; Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil.jpg|150px]] |''[[Forest falcon|Micrastur]]'' {{small|G.R. Gray, 1841}} – forest falcons | * [[Barred forest falcon]], ''Micrastur ruficollis'' * [[Plumbeous forest falcon]], ''Micrastur plumbeus'' * [[Lined forest falcon]], ''Micrastur gilvicollis'' * [[Cryptic forest falcon]], ''Micrastur mintoni'' * [[Slaty-backed forest falcon]], ''Micrastur mirandollei'' * [[Collared forest falcon]], ''Micrastur semitorquatus'' * [[Buckley's forest falcon]], ''Micrastur buckleyi'' |- |[[File:Lachfalke.jpg|150px]] |''[[Herpetotheres]]'' {{small|Vieillot, 1817}} – laughing falcon | * [[Laughing falcon]], ''Herpetotheres cachinnans'' |- ! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| [[Caracara (subfamily)|Polyborinae]] |[[File:Spiziapteryx circumcincta Spot-winged Falconet, Chancaní Natural Reserve, Córdoba, Argentina 02 (cropped).jpg|150px]] |''[[Spiziapteryx]]'' {{small|Kaup, 1852}} | *[[Spot-winged falconet]], ''Spiziapteryx circumcincta'' |- |[[File:Ave Carcará.jpg|150px]] |''[[Caracara (genus)|Caracara]]'' {{small|Merrem, 1826}} – crested caracara | * [[Crested caracara]], ''Caracara plancus'' * †[[Guadalupe caracara]] ''Caracara lutosa'' |- |[[File:Red-throated Caracara.jpg|150px]] | ''[[Ibycter]]'' {{small|Vieillot, 1816}} | * [[Red-throated caracara]], ''Ibycter americanus'' |- |[[File:Gelbkopfkarakara Milvago chimachima.jpg|150px]] |''[[Milvago]]'' {{small|Spix, 1824}} – brown caracaras | * [[Yellow-headed caracara]], ''Milvago chimachima'' * [[Chimango caracara]], ''Milvago chimango'' |- |[[File:Black Caracara - Chupacacao Negro (Daptrius ater) (14909975447) (cropped).jpg|150px]] | ''[[Daptrius]]'' {{small|Vieillot, 1816}} | *[[Black caracara]], '' Daptrius ater'' |- |[[File:Mountain Caracara RWD.jpg|150px]] |''[[Phalcoboenus]]'' {{small|d'Orbigny, 1834}} | *[[Carunculated caracara]], ''Phalcoboenus carunculatus'' *[[Mountain caracara]], ''Phalcoboenus megalopterus'' *[[White-throated caracara]], ''Phalcoboenus albogularis'' *[[Striated caracara]], ''Phalcoboenus australis'' |- ! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| [[Falconinae]] |[[File:Microhierax erythrogenys.jpg|150px]] |''[[Microhierax]]'' {{small|Sharpe, 1874}} – typical falconets | * [[Collared falconet]], ''Microhierax caerulescens'' * [[Black-thighed falconet]], ''Microhierax fringillarius'' * [[White-fronted falconet]], ''Microhierax latifrons'' * [[Philippine falconet]], ''Microhierax erythrogenys'' * [[Pied falconet]], ''Microhierax melanoleucus'' |- |[[File:African Pygmy Falcon 002.jpg|150px]] |''[[Polihierax]]'' {{small|Kaup, 1847}} | * [[Pygmy falcon]], ''Polihierax semitorquatus'' |- |[[File:White-rumped Falcon, Preah Vihéar, Cambodia.jpg|150px]] |''[[Neohierax]]'' {{small|Swann, 1922}} | * [[White-rumped falcon]], ''Neohierax insignis'' |- |[[File:Common kestrel falco tinnunculus.jpg|150px]] |''[[Falcon|Falco]]'' {{small|Linnaeus, 1758}} – true falcons, hobbies and kestrels | * [[Lesser kestrel]], ''Falco naumanni'' * [[Common kestrel]], ''Falco tinnunculus'' * [[Rock kestrel]], ''Falco rupicolus'' * [[Malagasy kestrel]], ''Falco newtoni'' * [[Mauritius kestrel]], ''Falco punctatus'' * †[[Reunion kestrel]], ''Falco duboisi'' * [[Seychelles kestrel]], ''Falco araeus'' * [[Spotted kestrel]], ''Falco moluccensis'' * [[Nankeen kestrel]] or Australian kestrel, ''Falco cenchroides'' * [[American kestrel]] or "sparrow hawk", ''Falco sparverius'' * [[Greater kestrel]], ''Falco rupicoloides'' * [[Fox kestrel]], ''Falco alopex'' * [[Grey kestrel]], ''Falco ardosiaceus'' * [[Dickinson's kestrel]], ''Falco dickinsoni'' * [[Banded kestrel]], ''Falco zoniventris'' * [[Red-necked falcon]], ''Falco chicquera'' * [[Red-footed falcon]], ''Falco vespertinus'' * [[Amur falcon]], ''Falco amurensis'' * [[Eleonora's falcon]], ''Falco eleonorae * [[Sooty falcon]], ''Falco concolor'' * [[Aplomado falcon]], ''Falco femoralis'' * [[Merlin (bird)|Merlin]] or "pigeon hawk", ''Falco columbarius'' * [[Bat falcon]], ''Falco rufigularis'' * [[Orange-breasted falcon]], ''Falco deiroleucus'' * [[Eurasian hobby]], ''Falco subbuteo'' * [[African hobby]], ''Falco cuvierii'' * [[Oriental hobby]], ''Falco severus'' * [[Australian hobby]] or little falcon, ''Falco longipennis'' * [[New Zealand falcon]] or karearea, ''Falco novaeseelandiae'' * [[Brown falcon]], ''Falco berigora'' * [[Grey falcon]], ''Falco hypoleucos'' * [[Black falcon]], ''Falco subniger'' * [[Lanner falcon]], ''Falco biarmicus'' * [[Laggar falcon]], ''Falco jugger'' * [[Saker falcon]], ''Falco cherrug'' * [[Gyrfalcon]], ''Falco rusticolus'' * [[Prairie falcon]], ''Falco mexicanus'' * [[Peregrine falcon]], ''Falco peregrinus'' * [[Taita falcon]], ''Falco fasciinucha'' |- |}
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