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 Translation for 'falcon' from English to Dutch
NOUN   a falcon | falcons
vogelk.T
valk {de} [geslacht Falco]
falcon
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Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi)
vogelk.T
amoerroodpootvalk {de} [Falco amurensis]
Amur falcon
vogelk.T
Barbarijse valk {de} [Falco pelegrinoides]
Barbary falcon
vogelk.T
haviksvalk {de} [Falco berigora]
brown falcon
vogelk.T
grote bruine valk {de} [Falco berigora]
brown falcon
vogelk.T
Mintons bosvalk {de} [Micrastur mintoni]
cryptic forest falcon
vogelk.T
Eleonora's valk {de} [Falco eleonorae]
Eleonora's falcon
vogelk.T
grijze valk {de} [Falco hypoleucos]
grey falcon [Br.]
vogelk.T
lachvalk {de} [Herpetotheres cachinnans]
laughing falcon
vogelk.T
Nieuw-Zeelandse valk {de} [Falco novaeseelandiae]
New Zealand falcon
vogelk.T
slechtvalk {de} [Falco peregrinus]
peregrine falcon
vogelk.T
prairievalk {de} [Falco mexicanus]
prairie falcon
vogelk.T
roodpootvalk {de} [Falco vespertinus]
red-footed falcon
vogelk.T
roodkopsmelleken {de} [Falco chicquera]
red-necked falcon
vogelk.T
woestijnvalk {de} [Falco concolor]
sooty falcon
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Usage Examples English
  • The plumbeous forest-falcon's reproduction is not really known but it probably sets up its nests in tree cavities.
  • is the creator of the innovative R:Falcon mechanical bird control deterrent - based on the peregrine falcon.
  • When pursued by falcons (such as the saker falcon or peregrine falcon) in falconry, the bustard rises into the air and spirals to avoid being struck.
  • The scarcity of the Taita falcon in East Africa may be owing to the competition for food and nest sites with the larger and more dominant peregrine falcon ("Falco peregrinus") and predation of young by the peregrine falcon, lanner falcon ("Falco biarmicus"), and owls.
  • Two Western Palearctic falcons winter entirely (Eleonora's falcon) or mainly (sooty falcon) on Madagascar.

  • Other species of "Falco" - for example, sooty falcon, Eleonora's falcon, and the peregrine falcon - occur as occasional visitors in the region during migration.
  • Other birds of prey are the Saker falcon, the Common kestrel, the Eurasian hobby and the Red-footed falcon.
  • Falcon–hunter chess (also called Schultz's chess, one-way chess, and meso chess) is a chess variant invented by Karl Schultz in 1943, employing the two fairy chess pieces falcon and hunter.
  • The Falcon Award is awarded by the members of the Maltese Falcon Society of Japan for the best hardboiled novel published in Japan.
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