{{short description|Subfamily of birds}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Falconinae | fossil_range = Oligocene – Holocene, {{fossilrange|30.2|0}} | image = Common Kestrel.jpg | image_caption = Common kestrel<br/>(''Falco tinnunculus'') | taxon = Falconinae | authority = Leach, 1820 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''Spiziapteryx''<br/> ''Microhierax''<br/> ''Neohierax''<br/> ''Polihierax''<br/> ''Falco'' }}
'''Falconinae''' is a subfamily of falconid birds of prey that includes 44 species in five genera. It includes ''Microhierax'' (the typical falconets), ''Polihierax'' (the pygmy falcons), and ''Falco'' (the true falcons). Molecular data since 2015 has found support in the grouping of these genera, with ''Polihierax'' being paraphyletic in respect to ''Falco''.<ref name=Fuchsetal2015>{{cite journal | last1 = Fuchs | first1 = J. | last2 = Johnson | first2 = J. A. | last3 = Mindell | first3 = D. P. | title = Rapid diversification of falcons (Aves: Falconidae) due to expansion of open habitats in the Late Miocene. | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume = 82 | pages = 166–182 | date = 2015 | language = en | doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.010| pmid = 25256056 | bibcode = 2015MolPE..82..166F }}</ref><ref name=Wink2018>{{cite journal | last1 = Wink | first1 = M. | title = Phylogeny of Falconidae and phylogeography of Peregrine Falcons. | journal = Ornis Hungarica | volume = 26 | issue = 2 | pages = 27–37 | date = 2018 | language = en | doi = 10.1515/orhu-2018-0013| s2cid = 91204703 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="BirdsofPrey2018">{{cite book | last1 = Mindell | first1 = M. D.| last2 = Fuchs | first2 = J. | last3 = Johnson | first3 = J. A. | year = 2018 | chapter = Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Geographic Diversity of Diurnal Raptors: Falconiformes, Accipitriformes, and Cathartiformes | editor1-last = Sarasola | editor1-first = J.| editor2-last = Grande | editor2-first = J. | editor3-last = Negro | editor3-first = J. | title = Birds of Prey: Biology and conservation in the XXI century | publisher = Springer, Chame | pages = 3–32 |isbn = 978-3-319-73745-4 | doi = 10.1007/978-3-319-73745-4_1}}</ref> Falconinae and their sister taxon, Polyborinae, split off from Herpetotherinae around 30.2 million years ago in the Oligocene Epoch.<ref name="BirdsofPrey2018"/> Falconines split off from the polyborines around 20 million years ago in the Miocene Epoch.<ref name=Fuchsetal2015/>
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Category:Falconidae Category:Birds of prey Category:Bird subfamilies
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