noun, masculine/alfeˈraθ/plural: alferraces
common buzzard, used in falconry (A bird of prey species, Buteo buteo)
Of Arabic origin. Probably from الحرّ الطائر (aṭ-ṭāʔir al-ḥurr, "free/noble bird"), or less likely from Classical Arabic [script needed] (farrās, “seizer, captor”)