Order · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Falconiformes

WoRMS 225849ITIS 175262key itis:175262

2026-08-05: worms_id 225849 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted)

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Masillaraptor parvunguis

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Falconiformes — Photo · Andrea Poggi · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The order Falconiformes is represented by the extant family Falconidae and a handful of enigmatic Paleogene species. Traditionally, most other diurnal bird of prey families Cathartidae, Sagittariidae (secretarybird), Pandionidae (ospreys), and Accipitridae (hawks) were classified in Falconiformes.W CalCOFI holds 3 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2000 and 2007.R

3
observations: 3
records: 2000–2007
years: 1
datasets

Observed in

Nothing is keyed to this taxon directly — every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa below.

Under it · 1 taxon

F Falconidae falcons3

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "itis:175262")

Falconiformes

Observed in

Under it · 1 taxon

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Ways in
i
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.