Editing Red-footed falcon (section)

==Taxonomy==
The [[Amur falcon]] was formerly included herein as a [[subspecies]] but it is nowadays considered distinct. Nonetheless, it is the present species' closest relative; their relationship to other falcons is more enigmatic. They appear [[morphology (biology)|morphologically]] somewhat intermediate between [[kestrel]]s and [[hobby (bird)|hobbies]] and [[DNA sequence]] data has been unable to further resolve this question, mainly due to lack of comprehensive sampling. They might be closer to the [[Merlin (bird)|merlin]] than to most other living falcons, or more generally related to this species and American falcons such as the [[American kestrel]] and the [[aplomado falcon]].<ref name=Wink/><ref name=Griffiths1999/><ref name=Griffiths2004/>

The genus name ''Falco'' is from Late Latin ''falx'', ''falcis'', a [[sickle]], referencing the claws of the bird.<ref name=SOED>{{cite book|title=Shorter Oxford English dictionary | year=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press|  location=Oxford| isbn=978-0199206872| pages=3804}}</ref> The species name ''vespertinus'' is [[Latin]] for "of evening" from ''vesper'', "evening".<ref name= job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher = Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 |pages =[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n266 266], 400}}</ref>