The Peregrine Falcon, also known purely as the Peregrine, and
in history also as "Duck Hawk" in North America, is a sophisticated bird of victim in the family Falconidae. It is a large falcon, about the size of a large crow, with the female being larger than the male, and with a blue-gray back, barred white underneath, and a black head and "mustache". About seventeen species are predictable, which vary in exterior and range.
The breeding range includes land regions from the Arctic tundra to the Tropics. Basically, this species can be found everywhere on Earth, except in the polar regions, on very high mountains, in deserts, and most tropical rainforests making it the world's most widespread falcon, and in fact the most extensive bird of prey. The only major ice-free landmass from where it is completely absent is New Zealand. Both the English and scientific names of this species mean "wandering falcon" and refer to the traveling habits of some populations of this widespread species.
It feeds almost exclusively on medium-sized birds, but will infrequently hunt small mammals. It reaches sexual adulthood at one year, and mates for life. It nests in a scrape, normally on precipice edges or, in recent times on tall man-made structures. The Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species due to the use of pesticides, specially DDT. Since the ban on DDT from the beginning of the 1970s onwards, the populations healthier, supported by large scale protection of nesting places and releases to the wild.
in history also as "Duck Hawk" in North America, is a sophisticated bird of victim in the family Falconidae. It is a large falcon, about the size of a large crow, with the female being larger than the male, and with a blue-gray back, barred white underneath, and a black head and "mustache". About seventeen species are predictable, which vary in exterior and range.The breeding range includes land regions from the Arctic tundra to the Tropics. Basically, this species can be found everywhere on Earth, except in the polar regions, on very high mountains, in deserts, and most tropical rainforests making it the world's most widespread falcon, and in fact the most extensive bird of prey. The only major ice-free landmass from where it is completely absent is New Zealand. Both the English and scientific names of this species mean "wandering falcon" and refer to the traveling habits of some populations of this widespread species.
It feeds almost exclusively on medium-sized birds, but will infrequently hunt small mammals. It reaches sexual adulthood at one year, and mates for life. It nests in a scrape, normally on precipice edges or, in recent times on tall man-made structures. The Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species due to the use of pesticides, specially DDT. Since the ban on DDT from the beginning of the 1970s onwards, the populations healthier, supported by large scale protection of nesting places and releases to the wild.
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