Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) - HBW 2, p. 274
French: Faucon pèlerin
German: Wanderfalke
Spanish: Halcón Peregrino
Other common names: Barbary Falcon (pelegrinoides); Kleinschmidt's Falcon ( kreyenborgi)
Taxonomy: Falco Peregrinus Tunstall, 1771, Great Britain.
Formerly placed in separate genus, Rhynchodon. Race pelegrinoides often considered separate species, usually incorporating race babylonicus, although latter has, in turn, been considered independent species; hybrids between pelegrinoides and other forms of present species are interfertile. Kleinschmidt's Falcon named as separate species, F. kreyenborgi, but is actually colour morph of race cassini. Nineteen subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tundrius C. M. White, 1968 - Arctic tundra of North America, from Alaska to Greenland.
- anatum Bonaparte, 1838 - North America S of tundra to N Mexico, except NW Pacific Coast.
- pealei Ridgway, 1873 - coastal W North America from Washington N to W Alaska, and W through Aleutian and Commander Is; possibly also coastal Kamchatka and Kuril Is.
- tundrius C. M. White, 1968 - Arctic tundra of North America, from Alaska to Greenland.
- anatum Bonaparte, 1838 - North America S of tundra to N Mexico, except NW Pacific Coast.
- pealei Ridgway, 1873 - coastal W North America from Washington N to W Alaska, and W through Aleutian and Commander Is; possibly also coastal Kamchatka and Kuril Is.
- cassini Sharpe, 1873 - W South America, from Ecuador (locally) S through Bolivia and N Argentina to S Chile, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is.
- japonensis Gmelin, 1788 - NE Siberia S to Kamchatka and Japan (may not be race of coastal Kamchatka).
- furuitii Momiyama, 1927 - Volcano Is and possibly Bonin Is.
- calidus Latham, 1790 - tundra of Eurasia, from Lapland E to NE Siberia, roughly to region of R Yana and R Indigirka.
- peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 - Eurasia S of tundra and N of Pyrenees, Balkans and Himalayas, from British Is E to Amurland and Ussuriland in Russian Far East.
- brookei Sharpe, 1873 - S France, Spain and coastal N Africa E through Mediterranean to Caucasus.
- babylonicus P. L. Sclater, 1861 - Asia, from E Iran to Mongolia.
- pelegrinoides Temminck, 1829 - Canary Is E through inland N Africa to Iraq, and probably Iran.
- madens Ripley & Watson, 1963 - Cape Verde Is.
- minor Bonaparte, 1850 - Africa S of Sahara, and N into extreme S Morocco.
- radama Hartlaub, 1861 - Madagascar and Comoro Is.
- peregrinator Sundevall, 1837 - Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka E to SE China.
- ernesti Sharpe, 1894 - Indonesia and Philippines E to New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago.
- nesiotes Mayr, 1941 - Vanuatu and New Caledonia (race uncertain) E to Fiji.
- macropus Swainson, 1837 - Australia (except SW).
- submelanogenys Mathews, 1912 - SW Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A dorsal view of an adult perched on some flood debris surrounded by mud flats of a tidal river estuary looking around, and then Locality Santa Clara River Estuary, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp anatum)
Don DesJardin 14 September 2009 2 years ago 51 sec 4.8 -
Habitat - Nest with one adult and two young birds. Locality Yukon, Canada
Max Roth 29 June 2007 2 years ago 43 sec 4.7 -
An adult bird on a branch, cleaning its talon Locality Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia (ssp macropus)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2006 4 years ago 34 sec 4.7 -
A close view of a juvenile feeding at the nest site Locality Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia (ssp macropus)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2006 4 years ago 35 sec 4.7 -
An adult male taking a bath in a natural spring. Locality Mogán, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (ssp pelegrinoides)
Jose Morata Martín 22 August 2008 2 years ago 50 sec 4.5 -
An individual perched on a stick calling and then flying away Locality Cap Beddouza, Doukkala-Abda Region, Morocco (ssp pelegrinoides)
Jean Hupperetz 9 May 2002 8 years ago 28 sec 4.5
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An immature Shaheen Falcon attacks a stone curlew.
Locality Qatar
sulqatar 45 weeks ago 4.8 -
In a hill north of the airport city. This bird attacked me as I step out on a young fledging on the ground.
Locality Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp japonensis)
auf 11 August 2006 1 year ago 4.6 -
Female on the nest.
Locality Asha, Chelyabinskaya Oblast, Western Russia, Russia (ssp peregrinus)
Oleg_Muradov 30 April 2011 20 weeks ago 4.4 -
An immuture perched.
Locality Featherdale Wildlife Park, New South Wales, Australia (ssp macropus)
slr800 6 December 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
An immature in the Straits of Florida.
Locality Florida Keys, Florida, USA (United States)
Captain Peter 18 October 2008 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
This falcon was observing a pair of Burrowing Owls on the ground.
Locality Bahia, Brazil
Stephen John Jones 19 December 2010 51 weeks ago 4.2
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A pair alarming Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp calidus)
Laurent Demongin 23 July 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Perched female. Locality Rio Negro Province, Argentina
(ssp cassini)
Nacho Areta 27 December 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
A male giving alert calls. Locality Southern Urals, Ural Mountains, Western Russia, Russia
(ssp peregrinus)
Oleg_Muradov 22 May 2010 1 year ago 4