Species: Falco peregrinus pealei

Peale's Peregrine Falcon
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Falconiformes

    Family

    Falconidae

    Genus

    Falco

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    falcon pèlerin pealei
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Raptors
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae - Falco
    Short General Description
    A coastal falcon.
    Migration
    true - true - true - Most breeding adults apparently remain on the breeding grounds, although some adults and juveniles do migrate; individuals from the Queen Charlotte Islands have been observed as far south as California (R. W. Nelson, pers. comm.).
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    true
    Ecology Comments
    Young usually disperse some distance, in some cases up to 300 kilometers away (R. W. Nelson, pers. comm.). Of approximately 140 color-banded nestlings from Langara Island, only 5 males and 1 female have been found nesting at Langara (R. W. Nelson, pers. comm.).
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G4T3
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1997-04-07
    Global Status Last Changed
    1997-04-07
    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    CE - 250-20,000 square km (about 100-8000 square miles) - CDE - Breeds from the Aleutian Islands (and occassionally the Pribilof Islands) and the islands off the coast of southeastern Alaska, south to the Queen Charlotte and Moore islands in British Columbia. Winters from the Queen Charlotte Islands and southwestern British Columbia, south along the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, rarely to northern Baja California. Apparently resident on the central Aleutian Islands. Reported on the Commander and Kuril islands of Russia, and possibly Japan (American Ornithologists' Union 1957, Gabrielson and Lincoln 1959, Beebe 1960, 1974).
    Global Range Code
    CE
    Global Range Description
    250-20,000 square km (about 100-8000 square miles)
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