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title: "Falcão-neozelandês"
description: "Falco novaeseelandiae — Aves. The New Zealand falcon (Māori: kārearea, kārewarewa, or kāiaia; Falco novaeseelandiae) is New Zealand's only falcon, and one of only four living native and two endemic birds of prey."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/new-zealand-falcon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Falcão-neozelandês

> Falco novaeseelandiae — Aves. The New Zealand falcon (Māori: kārearea, kārewarewa, or kāiaia; Falco novaeseelandiae) is New Zealand's only falcon, and one of only four living native and two endemic birds of prey.

- Scientific name: *Falco novaeseelandiae*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4698
- Wikidata: [Q756643](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q756643)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4690](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4690)

## Names

- en: New Zealand Falcon
- de: Maorifalke
- es: Halcón maorí
- fr: Faucon de Nouvelle-Zélande
- nl: Nieuw-Zeelandse valk
- pt: Falcão-neozelandês
- pl: Sokół nowozelandzki

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (2391)

## Summary

The New Zealand falcon (Māori: kārearea, kārewarewa, or kāiaia; Falco novaeseelandiae) is New Zealand's only falcon, and one of only four living native and two endemic birds of prey. It is frequently mistaken for the larger and more common swamp harrier. It is the country's most threatened bird of prey, with only around 5000–15000 individuals remaining. Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System the falcon is stable at Threatened, with conservation research needed. The kārearea was voted Bird of the Year winner in the annual Forest & Bird competition in 2012 and again in 2025.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_falcon

## Photo

![Falcão-neozelandês](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/new-zealand-falcon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carey_Knox_Southern_Scales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99307591

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/new-zealand-falcon?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).