Species: Falco peregrinus anatum
American Peregrine Falcon
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A falcon with long pointed wings, a dark crown and nape, and a dark wedge extending below the eye; forehead is pale in immature, which are mainly brownish above rather than black or gray as in adults (NGS 1983).
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Falconiformes
Family
Falconidae
Genus
Falco
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Anatum Peregrine Falcon - faucon pèlerin anatum
Informal Taxonomy
<p>Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Raptors</p>
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae - Falco - >
Ecology and Life History
A falcon with long pointed wings, a dark crown and nape, and a dark wedge extending below the eye; forehead is pale in immature, which are mainly brownish above rather than black or gray as in adults (NGS 1983).
Short General Description
A medium-sized falcon.
Migration
<p>false - false - true - See files for FALCO PEREGRINUS.</p>
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
See files for FALCO PEREGRINUS.
Reproduction Comments
See files for FALCO PEREGRINUS.
Ecology Comments
See files for FALCO PEREGRINUS.
Length
51
Weight
1500
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4T4
Global Status Last Reviewed
2006-03-08
Global Status Last Changed
2006-03-08
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDS: Across interior Alaska, south of the Brooks Range southeastward across Canada to Labrador, and south to Baja California and northern Mexico (Palmer 1988, Ambrose et al. 1988, Rowell 2002). Replaced on the coast of Alaska and outer coast of British Columbia by <i>F. p. pealei</i>. WINTERS: Those breeding in the boreal subarctic winter in South America; those at more southern latitudes exhibit variable migration behavior, and some are nonmigratory (USFWS 1999).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)