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Falco cenchroides · Family Falconidae
Falco cenchroides
Family Falconidae
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Family
- Falconidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 422,501
- Countries and territories with records
- 11

About this species
This species has 422,501 occurrence records from 11 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.4% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.38% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Falco cenchroides combines the genus name Falco with the species epithet cenchroides. The Warbla app catalog lists 38 species of the genus Falco; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Falco sparverius, Falco tinnunculus and Falco peregrinus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 58 species of the family Falconidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Falco sparverius. Its record count is close to the family average (377,669). The family Falconidae belongs to the order Falconiformes, which has 58 species in the Warbla app catalog.