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Falco columbarius · Family Falconidae
Falco columbarius
Family Falconidae
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Family
- Falconidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,083,977
- Countries and territories with records
- 144
About this species
This species has 2,083,977 occurrence records from 144 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (49.5%), Canada (25.4%), Sweden (7.1%), Denmark (3.8%) and Norway (2.4%); together they account for 88.2% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.093% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Falco columbarius combines the genus name Falco with the species epithet columbarius. 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 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Falco sparverius. Its record count is 5.5 times the family average (377,669). The family Falconidae belongs to the order Falconiformes, which has 58 species in the Warbla app catalog.