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  Aplomado Falcon ( Falco femoralis )


Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis photo
Aplomado Falcon, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Cameron County, Texas

Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved.
Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis photo
Aplomado Falcon, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Cameron County, Texas

Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved.

APLOMADO FALCON FACTS


Classification
Class:Aves
Order:Falconiformes
Family:Falconidae
Genus:Falco
Species:femoralis
Common Name:Aplomado Falcon


Relatives in same Genus
  Prairie Falcon (F. mexicanus)
  Peregrine Falcon (F. peregrinus)
  American Kestrel (F. sparverius)
  Eurasian Kestrel (F. tinnunculus)