Everyone knows a falcon is a kind of hawk. But did you know that "technically" the word applies only to the females in the family Falconidae. The male is called a tiercel or tercel [TER-sell] (yes spelled like the Toyota). Now you know. : )
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Bird-nerd-word of the day: Falcon
Everyone knows a falcon is a kind of hawk. But did you know that "technically" the word applies only to the females in the family Falconidae. The male is called a tiercel or tercel [TER-sell] (yes spelled like the Toyota). Now you know. : )