New Zealand falcon

New Zealand falcon
Male falcon
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Subfamily: Falconinae
Genus: Falco
Species:
F. novaeseelandiae
Binomial name
Falco novaeseelandiae

The New Zealand falcon (Māori: kārearea, kārewarewa, or kāiaia; Falco novaeseelandiae) is New Zealand's only falcon, and one of only four living native and two endemic birds of prey.[3] Other common names for the bird are bush hawk and sparrow hawk. It is frequently mistaken for the larger and more common swamp harrier. It is the country's most threatened bird of prey, with only around 5000–15000 individuals remaining.[3][1] Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System the falcon is stable at Threatened, with conservation research needed.[4]

New Zealand falcon (adult and young) from Buller's Birds of New Zealand, 1888
  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2022). "Falco novaeseelandiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22696476A208302635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22696476A208302635.en. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Wishart, S., & Whitehead, E., Turner, M. (Ed.). (2019). New Zealand Falcon. The Brilliance of Birds: A New Zealand Birdventure. (pp. 190–195) Godwit; Penguin Random House New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-14-377215-6
  4. ^ Robertson, H. A., Baird, K. A., Elliott, G., Hitchmough, R., McArthur, N., Makan, T. D., Miskelly, C. M., O’Donnell, C. F. J., Sagar, P. M., Scofield, R. P., Taylor, G. A., Michel, P. (2021). Conservation status of birds in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021. New Zealand Threat Classification Series, 36. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation, Te Papa Atawhai. ISBN 978–1–99–115298–5