Subfamily Falconinae Leach, 1820
- Falconinae Leach, W.E. 1820. Eleventh Room. pp. 65-70 in Leach, W.E. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum. London : British Museum. [63].
Type genus:
Falco Linnaeus, 1758.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [174]. - Tinnunculeae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris 4 1: 105-152 [111].
Type genus:
Tinnunculus Vieillot, 1807 [a junior synonym of Falco, Linnaeus, 1758].Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Cerchneinae Olphe-Galliard, L. 1884-91. Contributions à la faune ornithologique de l'Europe occidentale. Bayonne : Lassere Vol. 21(Fascicule XIX) pp. [71].
Type genus:
Cerchneis Boie, F., 1826 [a junior synonym of Falco, Linnaeus, 1758].Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Spiziapteryginae Martorelli, G. 1900. Nota ornithologica sullo Spiziapteryx circumcinctus (Kaup). Atti della Società Ligustica de Scienze Naturali e Geografiche 10: 4-11.
Type genus:
Spiziapteryx Kaup, 1852.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Polihieracinae Peters, J.L. 1931. Check-list of the Birds of the World. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press Vol. 1 xviii +345 pp. [281].
Type genus:
Polihierax Kaup, 1851.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [289].
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | FALCONIFORMES | 29-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |