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Gyrfalcon

species of bird
Taxon Q177688

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
F. rusticolus[6]
CITES Appendix
Appendix I of CITES
Diel cycle
diurnality
Different from
Białozór (ujednoznacznienie)[21]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[2]
Parent taxon
falcon[3]
Regional conservation status
endangered (2025)
Taxon common name
hebog y Gogledd, Gyrfalcon, Gerfalke, Halcón gerifalte, grifó, raroh lovecký, jahipistrik, Jaktfalk, Кречет, シロハヤブサ, Jagtfalk, tunturihaukka
+26 moreészaki sólyom, białozór, sokol poľovnícky, jaktfalk, Giervalk, Faucon gerfaut, Girfalco, gerifalte, arktični sokol, Gyr Falcon, medžioklinis sakalas, Fálki, medību piekūns, Girifalco, giervalk, faucon gerfaut, gyr falcon, кречет, Rievssatfálli, Gerfalc'hun, Seabhag mhòr, Shawk Eeslynnagh, veliki sokol, 矛隼, falcón nortiegu, falcão-gerifalte
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Taxon name
Falco rusticolus[4]
Taxon rank
species[1]
Taxon synonym
Falco gyrfalco[5]
Wingspan
58 cm[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en gerfalcon en Falco rusticolus en Gyrfalcon en Gyr falcon ar صقر جير ar سنقر cs raroh lovecký da Jagtfalk de Falco rusticolus de Jagdfalke de Gerfalke es Gerifalte es Halcon gerifalte es Halcón gerifalte fa شاهین چرخان fi Falco rusticolus fi tunturihaukka fr Falco rusticolus fr faucon gerfaut fr Faucon gerfaut
🔖 Identifiers · 81
GND ID
4156811-4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Falco rusticolus white cropped.jpg ↗
ABA bird ID
gyrfal
ADW taxon ID
Falco_rusticolus
All About Birds ID
Gyrfalcon
AnimalBase ID
2282
Avibase taxon ID
E19252A76FC7845B
BBC Things ID
effa20a9-4cff-4887-ac07-9a07db1ccfba
BOLD Systems taxon ID
10292
BTO five-letter code
GYRFA
Belgian Species List ID
3139
Biblissima authority ID
île Maïre
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BioLib taxon ID
8551
Biota Information System of New Mexico species ID
040785
BirdLife taxon ID
22696500
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
gerfalke
CITES Species+ ID
7821
CMS ID
falco-rusticolus
CalPhotos taxon ID
Falco+rusticolus
Catalogue of Life ID
3DTGR
Czech NDOP taxon ID
1147
Dyntaxa ID
100055
E-Fauna BC species ID
Falco rusticolus
EASIN ID
R06248
EBiodiversity ID
60104
EBird taxon ID
gyrfal
EUNIS ID for species
1039
EURING number
3180
Encyclopedia of Life ID
45510794
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/gyrfalcon
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
faucon-gerfaut
Fauna Europaea ID
96747
Fauna Europaea New ID
bf425538-5091-49db-91d6-2618959d3279
Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID
MX.26825
Fossilworks taxon ID
369250
Freebase ID
/m/021kl7
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
8069880
Global Raptor Information Network ID
8251
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
grifo-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0186798
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
jaktfalk
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2110730
Guide to North American Birds ID
gyrfalcon
IBP 4-letter bird species alpha code
GYRF
IBP 6-letter bird species alpha code
FALRUS
INSDC/RefSeq assembly accession number
GCA_015220155.1, GCA_015220075.1, GCA_024431545.1, GCA_024431035.1, GCA_024431065.1, GCA_024431075.1, GCA_028534605.1
INaturalist taxon ID
4657
IRMNG ID
10940691
ITIS TSN
175599
IUCN taxon ID
22696500
Idaho Species ID
17322
Internet Bird Collection species ID
gyrfalcon-falco-rusticolus
J9U entity ID
987007545705305171
John J. Audubon's Birds of America ID
labrador-falcon, iceland-or-jer-falcon
KBpedia ID
Gyrfalcon
Lex ID
jagtfalk
Maryland Biodiversity Project species ID
1016
Montana Field Guide species ID
ABNKD06080
MyBIS species ID
48538
NBIC scientific name ID
3910
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000530355
NCBI taxonomy ID
120794
NWT Species ID
falco-rusticolus
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
taxon/F4944B1B-3A4A-480D-880A-1AD015B55E73
Naturbasen species ID
218/jagtfalk
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.102763
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
139458
Observation.org taxon ID
251, 863
Oiseaux.net ID
faucon.gerfaut
Open Tree of Life ID
759238
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
369250
Species at Risk public registry ID
374
TAXREF ID
2931
Topic's main category
Category:Falco rusticolus
WoRMS-ID for taxa
159154
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01614441-n
Xeno-canto species ID
Falco-rusticolus
YSO ID
23173
Yale LUX ID
concept/deadc19a-0560-4515-a294-04dfccd167fd
ZOBODAT taxon ID
38648
ZooBank ID for name or act
73CDAF8D-58A6-4432-A282-187ABF850A2F

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🔗 Connections
Named after 4
Kiev-class aircraft carrier, Jaktfalken, Valur, French destroyer Gerfaut
CITES Appendix 1
Appendix I of CITES
Diel cycle 1
diurnality
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
falcon
Regional conservation status 1
endangered
Taxon rank 1
species
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Discovery and Description

Things named for Gyrfalcon include Kiev-class aircraft carrier[23], a ship class[24], founded in 1972[25]; Valur[26], a multisports club[27], in Iceland[28]; Jaktfalken[29], an aircraft model[30]; and French destroyer Gerfaut[31], a destroyer[32].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Gyrfalcon include Kiev-class aircraft carrier[23], a ship class[24], founded in 1972[25]; Valur[26], a multisports club[27], in Iceland[28]; Jaktfalken[29], an aircraft model[30]; and French destroyer Gerfaut[31], a destroyer[32].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . adfg.alaska.gov. adfg.alaska.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 1d ago · İmmortalance · 2026-11-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [tr] description: kuş türü, batch #295182"
  2. 16w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → île Maïre
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q292106, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
  3. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wingspan → 58 centimetre
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Instance of → taxon
    CITES Appendix → Appendix I of CITES
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 23173, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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