Species: Falco peregrinus pealei
Peale's Peregrine Falcon
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Falconiformes
Family
Falconidae
Genus
Falco
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
falcon pèlerin pealei
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Raptors
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae - Falco
Ecology and Life History
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.).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4T3
Global Status Last Reviewed
1997-04-07
Global Status Last Changed
1997-04-07
Distribution
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)