red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus)

Query: Falcon

Result: 117^th of 593

Subject:	red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus)
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Tinnunculus vespertinus
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Buffon I p. 220 pl. 431
Old Latin name Tinnunculus vespertinus
New Latin name Falco vespertinus
Common name Nederlands: Roodpootvalk
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tinnunculus_vespertinus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18200249.tif

The red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus), formerly western red-footed falcon, is a bird of prey. It belongs to the family Falconidae, the falcons. This bird is found in eastern Europe and Asia. It is migratory, wintering in Africa. It is a regular wanderer to western Europe.

Falcon
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