Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Aves
      Order: Falconiformes
        Family: Falconidae
          Genus: Falco
            Species: mexicanus

Prairie Falcon - Falco mexicanus

Prairie Falcon

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

366971

Species Extent (New Mexico)

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S4

Rank Metadata
State Rank: S4 Rank Changed: 03/22/2017
Rank Reviewed: 03/22/2017
Reason: N/A
 
Ecological Factors
Specificity: N/A Range Extent: 200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
Occurences: N/A Population Size: 2500 - 10,000 individuals
Area of Occupancy: N/A Threat Summary: Agriculture & aquaculture - Low | Biological resource use - Low | Climate change & severe weather - Low | Droughts - Low | Energy production & mining - Low | Habitat shifting & alteration - Low | Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - Low | Livestock farming & ranching - Low | Mining & quarrying - Low

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SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 10

Number of Mapped Locations: 15

Number of Observations: 4

Observation date range: 04-01-1994 to 12-14-2011


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