Definition of Falco tinnunculus

1. Noun. Small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind.

Exact synonyms: Kestrel
Generic synonyms: Falcon
Group relationships: Falco, Genus Falco

Lexicographical Neighbors of Falco Tinnunculus

Faith
Faiyumic
Faizan
Falange
Falangist
Falcatifolium
Falcatifolium falciforme
Falcatifolium taxoides
Falcidian
Falco
Falco columbarius
Falco peregrinus
Falco rusticolus
Falco sparverius
Falco subbuteo
Falco tinnunculus (current term)
Falconidae
Falconiformes
Falernian
Faliscan
Falkirk
Falkland
Falkland Islander
Falkland Islands
Falklander
Falklanders
Falklands
Falklands War
Falkner
Fall

Literary usage of Falco tinnunculus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Falco tinnunculus LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 90. (Sweden.) RANGE.— Northern part of Eastern Hemisphere; accidental in Greenland (Cape Farewell). ..."

2. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray, Adam White, British Museum (Natural History), James Francis Stephens, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"(1845) p. 257 ; GR Gray, Gen. of B. ip 21. Falco tinnunculus, Linn. SN ip 127; Temm. Man. ... Falco tinnunculus, japonicus, Temm. et Schl. Faun.Jap. t. ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1838)
"The golden eagle is the same as that of Europe, and so is the Falco tinnunculus; and the harriers are scarcely distinguishable from the European birds. ..."

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