Gyrfalcon
Falco rusticolus - Faucon gerfaut
Systematics
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Order:
Falconiformes
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Family:
Falconidés
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Genus:
Falco
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Species:
rusticolus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 60 cm
- Wingspan: 105 à 135 cm.
- Weight: 1000 à 2150 g
Geographic range
Identification
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Faucon gerfaut,
- Halcón gerifalte,
- gerifalte,
- Gerfalke,
- északi sólyom,
- Giervalk,
- Girfalco,
- jaktfalk,
- Jaktfalk,
- sokol poľovnícky,
- raroh lovecký,
- Jagtfalk,
- tunturihaukka,
- grifó,
- Fálki,
- białozór,
- medību piekūns,
- arktični sokol,
- Кречет,
- シロハヤブサ,
- 矛隼,
- 矛隼,
Habitat
Forest : Boreal ; Grassland : Tundra, Temperate ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v13.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes