[On the origin of the name Girifalco, an Italian town in a hotspot of the autumn migration of soaring raptors]
In this article, a hypothesis is suggested on the origin of the name Girifalco, a small town in the Calabrian Apennines (southern continental Italy), located along an important flyway of raptors migrating through the Central Mediterranean.In particular, the name could derive from the late ancient/medieval Latin terms Holiday Patterns gyro and falco