Falcon or hawk?

[karohemd]

What's the difference?
Is one a subspecies of the other?
Both translate as the same in German, although hawk has three possibly translations.

Any ornithologists out there?

Comments

[suzerain.livejournal.com]

well, not an ornithologist, but hawks have yellow irises and legs, while falcons have a deeper fiery red colour.

I found that out in the late summer when a young sparrowhawk hit my bedroom window and died.

poor thing, it was lovely.
*sniffle*

JGE
(whose grandfather had a tame barn own as a pet (he was a vet and it broke a wing))