#0767 · 🐦 birds
Red-footed Falcon
🇳🇱 Roodpootvalk ·Falco vespertinus
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- 1. © Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Mourad Harzallah · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © fotis-samaritakis · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Vyacheslav Luzanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Вотинцевы Елена и Сергей · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Вотинцевы Елена и Сергей · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Kurilin M S · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The red-footed falcon ( Falco vespertinus ), formerly western red-footed falcon , is a bird of prey. It belongs to the family Falconidae, the falcons. This bird is found in eastern Europe and Asia although its numbers are dwindling rapidly due to habitat loss and hunting. It is migratory, wintering in Africa. It is a regular wanderer to western Europe, and in August 2004 a red-footed falcon was found in North America for the first time on the island...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 40 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,834 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 167 g.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Red-footed Falcon
- Nederlands
- Roodpootvalk
- scientific name
- Falco vespertinus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Falconiformes
- family
- Falconidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 40
- sightings in Europe
- 4,780
- sightings worldwide
- 5,834
- GBIF records in NL
- 11,180
- weight
- 167 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Falconidae
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🇳🇱 Torenvalk
Falco tinnunculus
LC 👀 2.1k in NL
#0646 📷 10Peregrine Falcon
🇳🇱 Slechtvalk
Falco peregrinus
LC 👀 307 in NL
#0677 📷 7Eurasian Hobby
🇳🇱 Boomvalk
Falco subbuteo
LC 👀 211 in NL
#0803 📷 8Merlin
🇳🇱 Smelleken
Falco columbarius
LC 👀 23 in NL
#0867 📷 10Gyrfalcon
🇳🇱 Giervalk
Falco rusticolus
LC 👀 9 in NL
#1033 📷 9American Kestrel
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Torenvalk
Falco sparverius
LC 🌍 131.7k seen
#1055 📷 8Crested Caracara
🇳🇱 Kuifcaracara
Caracara plancus
LC 🌍 68.8k seen
#1105 📷 10Yellow-headed Caracara
🇳🇱 Geelkopcaracara
Daptrius chimachima
LC 🌍 22k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4641, Wikidata Q179625, GBIF 2481062, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.