Species: Falco peregrinus tundrius

Arctic Peregrine Falcon

Species

Encyclopedia of Puget Sound

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/gray as in adults (NGS 1983).

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Falconiformes

Family

Falconidae

Genus

Falco

NatureServe

Source:
ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.104097

Classification

Other Global Common Names

faucon pèlerin tundrius

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Raptors

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae - Falco

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description

Arctic peregrine falcon. A medium-sized falcon.

Migration

false - false - true - See files for FALCO PEREGRINUS.

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

Weight

1500

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

G4T3

Global Status Last Reviewed

2008-10-03

Global Status Last Changed

2008-10-03

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Breeds across North American tundra from northern Alaska east across northern Canada to the ice-free perimeter of Greenland. Winters in Latin America from Cuba and Mexico south through Central and South America (Palmer 1988, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1993).

Global Range Code

Global Range Description

>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.104097