Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (40)
- Monotypic
Travis L. Booms, Tom J. Cade, and Nancy J. Clum
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Falcñn xerifalte |
| Basque | Ipar-belatza |
| Bulgarian | Северен сокол |
| Catalan | grifó |
| Chinese (SIM) | 矛隼 |
| Croatian | veliki sokol |
| Czech | raroh lovecký |
| Danish | Jagtfalk |
| Dutch | Giervalk |
| English | Gyrfalcon |
| English (UK) | Gyr Falcon |
| English (United States) | Gyrfalcon |
| Faroese | Veiðifalkur |
| Finnish | tunturihaukka |
| French | Faucon gerfaut |
| French (France) | Faucon gerfaut |
| Galician | Falcón xerifalte |
| German | Gerfalke |
| Greek | Ασπρογέρακο |
| Hebrew | בז צפון |
| Hungarian | Északi sólyom |
| Icelandic | Fálki |
| Japanese | シロハヤブサ |
| Korean | 흰매 |
| Latvian | Medību piekūns |
| Lithuanian | Medžioklinis sakalas |
| Mongolian | Цагаан шонхор |
| Norwegian | jaktfalk |
| Polish | białozór |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gerifalte |
| Romanian | Șoim de tundră |
| Russian | Кречет |
| Serbian | Severni soko |
| Slovak | sokol poľovnícky |
| Slovenian | Arktični sokol |
| Spanish | Halcón Gerifalte |
| Spanish (Spain) | Halcón gerifalte |
| Swedish | jaktfalk |
| Turkish | Ak Sungur |
| Ukrainian | Кречет |
Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Falco rusticolus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.88.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- FALCO
- falco
- rusticolus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Gyrfalcon
