Definition of Falco subbuteo

1. Noun. Small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Falco Subbuteo

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

Literary usage of Falco subbuteo

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

1. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1849)
"... that the individual in question must doubtless have been either the Falco subbuteo or F. ... falco subbuteo ..."

2. Catalogue of the Specimens Illustrating the Osteology and Dentition of by William Henry Flower, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1891)
"falco subbuteo. falco subbuteo, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ip 127 (1700); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ip 395 (1874). THE HOBBY. Hab. Europe and Northern Asia. ..."

3. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"The males of this sub-genus, like those of falco subbuteo, are so much attached to their females, that they keep together even after the breeding season. ..."

4. A List of the Genera of Birds: With Their Synonyma and an Indication of the by George Robert Gray (1841)
"I must, however, remark, that falco subbuteo and vespertinus seem not to deserve generic separation from Falco proper. ..."

5. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1878)
"Two specimens twice the natural size. The ridge from the umbo to the margin is shown. V. On the Occurrence of the Hobby (falco subbuteo) in Forfarshire. ..."

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