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Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)

Meet the 5 Puerto Rico bird records in the family Falconidae.

5birds in this collection

American Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

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Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)

Meet the 5 Puerto Rico bird records in the family Falconidae.

AI reconstruction of American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

0232

Native / natural occurrenceIUCN LC

American Kestrel

Falcón Común

Falco sparverius

forests↗

AI reconstruction of Merlin (Falco columbarius)

0233

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC

Merlin

Falcón Migratorio

Falco columbarius

forests↗

AI reconstruction of Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)

0234

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC

Aplomado Falcon

Falcón Aplomado

Falco femoralis

grasslands↗

AI reconstruction of Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

0235

Native / natural occurrenceIUCN LC

Peregrine Falcon

Halcón Peregrino

Falco peregrinus

Coasts; wetlands; cliffs; urban and open landscapes↗

AI reconstruction of Puerto Rican Caracara (Caracara latebrosus)

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ExtinctIUCN NE

Puerto Rican Caracara

Caracara de Puerto Rico

Caracara latebrosus

Inferred open and terrestrial island habitats↗

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Extinct birds and taxa known from Puerto Rico's fossil, subfossil or archaeological record.

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Puerto Rico bird records assigned to the IUCN category Not assessed or unresolved.

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