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. Aplomado falcon Falco femoralis Northern Mexico and Trinidad locally to
southern South America. Merlin or "pigeon hawk" Falco columbarius Eurasia, North Africa,
North America. Bat falcon Falco rufigularis Tropical Mexico, Central and South America, and
Trinidad Orange-breasted falcon Falco deiroleucus Southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo Africa, Europe and Asia. 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. Oriental hobby Falco severus Eastern Himalayas and ranges southwards
through Indochina to Australasia Australian hobby or little falcon Falco longipennis Australia
New Zealand falcon or kārearea Falco novaeseelandiae New Zealand Brown falcon Falco
berigora Australia and New Guinea. Grey falcon Falco hypoleucos Australia Black falcon Falco
subniger Australia Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia.
Laggar falcon Falco jugger Southeastern Iran, southeastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, through India,
Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and northwestern Myanmar. Saker falcon Falco cherrug Eastern
Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and China. Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Eastern and western
Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Iceland and Norway. Prairie falcon Falco mexicanus Western North
America. Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus Cosmopolitan Taita falcon Falco fasciinucha Kenya
