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Definition of Falco tinnunculus
1. Noun. Small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falco Tinnunculus
Literary usage of Falco tinnunculus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Falco tinnunculus LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 90. (Sweden.)
RANGE.— Northern part of Eastern Hemisphere; accidental in Greenland (Cape Farewell). ..."
2. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray, Adam White, British Museum (Natural History), James Francis Stephens, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"(1845) p. 257 ; GR Gray, Gen. of B. ip 21. Falco tinnunculus, Linn. SN ip 127; Temm.
Man. ... Falco tinnunculus, japonicus, Temm. et Schl. Faun.Jap. t. ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1838)
"The golden eagle is the same as that of Europe, and so is the Falco tinnunculus;
and the harriers are scarcely distinguishable from the European birds. ..."
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