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).
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Falconiformes
Family
Falconidae
Genus
Falco
NatureServe
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
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).
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
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
51
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
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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
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)