Editing Falcon (section)

===Species===
The sequence follows the taxonomic order of White ''et al.'' (1996),<ref name=White/> except for adjustments in the kestrel sequence.

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! Image !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Distribution
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|[[File:Madagascar Kestrel RWD.jpg|120px]]||  [[Malagasy kestrel]]|| ''Falco newtoni'' || Madagascar, Mayotte, and the Comores.
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|[[File:Falco araea Seychelles Kestrel side views (cropped).jpg|120px]]||  [[Seychelles kestrel]]|| ''Falco araeus'' ||Seychelles Islands
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|[[File:Mauritius_kestrel_(Falco_punctatus).jpg|120px]]||  [[Mauritius kestrel]]|| ''Falco punctatus'' || Mauritius
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|[[File:Spotted kestrel flying (16862666012).jpg|120px]]||  [[Spotted kestrel]]|| ''Falco moluccensis'' ||Wallacea and Java.
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|[[File:Nankeen Kestrel - Bimbi.jpg|120px]]||  [[Nankeen kestrel]] or Australian kestrel || ''Falco cenchroides'' || Australia and New Guinea.
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|[[File:Common kestrel falco tinnunculus.jpg|120px]]||  [[Common kestrel]]|| ''Falco tinnunculus'' || Widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.
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|[[File:Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus), Mountain Zebra NP, South Africa.jpg|120px]]||  [[Rock kestrel]]|| ''Falco rupicolus'' ||Northwestern Angola and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to southern Tanzania, and south to South Africa.
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|[[File:Hi There (41472582).jpeg|120px]]||  [[Greater kestrel]]|| ''Falco rupicoloides'' ||Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, parts of Angola and Zambia and in much of South Africa. 
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|[[File:Falco alcopex.jpg|120px]]||  [[Fox kestrel]]|| ''Falco alopex'' || South of the Sahara from Mali eastwards as far as Ethiopia and north-west Kenya. It occasionally wanders west to Senegal, the Gambia and Guinea and south to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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|[[File:Falco naumanni, Israel 02.jpg|120px]]||  [[Lesser kestrel]]|| ''Falco naumanni'' || Mediterranean across Central Asia into China and Mongolia.
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|[[File:Grey Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) (6861327565).jpg|120px]]||  [[Grey kestrel]]|| ''Falco ardosiaceus'' ||Ethiopia, western parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
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|[[File:Dickinson's Kestrel (Falco dickinsoni) (23164736424).jpg|120px]]||  [[Dickinson's kestrel]]|| ''Falco dickinsoni'' || Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi along with north-eastern South Africa.
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|[[File:Cerchneis zoniventris.jpg|120px]]||  [[Banded kestrel]]|| ''Falco zoniventris'' ||Madagascar
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|[[File:Red-Necked Falcon.JPG|120px]]||  [[Red-necked falcon]]|| ''Falco chicquera'' ||Africa, India
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|[[File:Red-footed Falcon.jpg|120px]]||  [[Red-footed falcon]]|| ''Falco vespertinus'' ||Russia, Ukraine and bordering regions.
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|[[File:Amur falcon, Falco amurensis, male at Eendracht Road, Suikerbosrand, Gauteng, South Africa (25817217862).jpg|120px]]||  [[Amur falcon]]|| ''Falco amurensis'' ||South-eastern Siberia and Northern China.
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|[[File:Eleonorenfalke1.jpg|120px]]||  [[Eleonora's falcon]]|| ''Falco eleonorae''  ||Greece, Cyprus, the Canary Islands, Ibiza and off Spain, Italy, Croatia, Morocco and Algeria.
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|[[File:Sooty Falcon, Allée des Baobabs near Morondava, Madagascar.jpg|120px]]||  [[Sooty falcon]]|| ''Falco concolor'' ||Northeastern Africa to the southern Persian Gulf region.
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|[[File:AmericanKestrel02.jpg|120px]]||  [[American kestrel]] or "sparrow hawk"|| ''Falco sparverius'' ||Central and western Alaska across northern Canada to Nova Scotia, and south throughout North America, into central Mexico and the Caribbean. 
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|[[File:Falcão De Coleira Aplomado Falcon Falco Femoralis (45602460).jpeg|120px]]||  [[Aplomado falcon]]|| ''Falco femoralis'' ||Northern Mexico and Trinidad locally to southern South America.
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|[[File:Falco columbarius PP.jpg|120px]]||  [[Merlin (bird)|Merlin]] or "pigeon hawk"|| ''Falco columbarius'' || Eurasia, North Africa, North America.
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|[[File:OFalco rufigularis Bat Falcon (cropped).jpg|120px]]||  [[Bat falcon]]|| ''Falco rufigularis'' || Tropical Mexico, Central and South America, and Trinidad
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|[[File:Falco deiroleucus - Orange-breasted Falcon.JPG|120px]]||  [[Orange-breasted falcon]]|| ''Falco deiroleucus'' || Southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
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|[[File:Hobby - Falco subbuteo.jpg|120px]]||  [[Eurasian hobby]]|| ''Falco subbuteo'' ||Africa, Europe and Asia.
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|[[File:African Hobby bwindi jan06 (cropped).jpg|120px]]||  [[African hobby]]|| ''Falco cuvierii'' || Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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|[[File:Oriental Hobby - Falco severus - Falco (2526569907).jpg|120px]]||  [[Oriental hobby]]|| ''Falco severus'' ||Eastern Himalayas and ranges southwards through Indochina to Australasia
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|[[File:Australian Hobby Pikedale Jul02.JPG|120px]]||  [[Australian hobby]] or little falcon|| ''Falco longipennis'' || Australia
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|[[File:Nz falcon.JPG|120px]]||  [[New Zealand falcon]] or kārearea|| ''Falco novaeseelandiae'' ||New Zealand
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|[[File:Brown falcon.jpg|120px]]||  [[Brown falcon]]|| ''Falco berigora'' ||Australia and New Guinea. 
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|[[File:Grey Falcon (1) - Christopher Watson (cropped).jpg|120px]]||  [[Grey falcon]]|| ''Falco hypoleucos'' || Australia
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|[[File:Falco subniger.jpg|120px]]||  [[Black falcon]]|| ''Falco subniger'' || Australia
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|[[File:Falco biarmicus02.png|120px]]||  [[Lanner falcon]]|| ''Falco biarmicus'' || Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia.
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|[[File:Laggar Falcon adult male.jpg|120px]]||  [[Laggar falcon]]|| ''Falco jugger'' || Southeastern Iran, southeastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, through India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and northwestern Myanmar.
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|[[File:Сокол балобан на обучении (Falco cherrug).jpg|120px]]||  [[Saker falcon]]|| ''Falco cherrug'' || Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and China.
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|[[File:Gyr falcon - Falco rusticolus - Fálki 2.jpg|120px]]||  [[Gyrfalcon]]|| ''Falco rusticolus'' ||Eastern and western Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Iceland and Norway.
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|[[File:Falco mexicanus -San Luis Obispo, California, USA-8.jpg|120px]]||  [[Prairie falcon]]|| ''Falco mexicanus'' ||Western North America.
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|[[File:Falco peregrinus m Humber Bay Park Toronto.jpg|120px]]||  [[Peregrine falcon]]|| ''Falco peregrinus'' || Cosmopolitan
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|[[File:Falco fasciinucha, Chimanimani National Park, Zimbabwe 1.jpg|120px]]||  [[Taita falcon]]|| ''Falco fasciinucha'' ||Kenya 
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