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One genetic lineage of the saker falcon (F. cherrug) is known [29] [30] to have originated from a male saker ancestor producing fertile young with a female peregrine ancestor, and the descendants further breeding with sakers.
Peale's falcon (Falco peregrinus pealei) is a subspecies of the peregrine falcon. This subspecies was first identified by the ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1873, named in honor of Titian Ramsay Peale. These birds are the largest subspecies of peregrines (on average) anywhere in the world.
Peregrine Falcons nest within Oregon Islands, Three Arch Rocks, and Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuges, OR. Photo courtesy of Roy W. Lowe: Date: Taken on 13 June 2010, 14:58: Source: Male Peregrine Falcon. Uploaded by Dolovis; Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters
Four male peregrine falcon chicks recently hatched at Union County's Courthouse Tower have new identification bands that will assist the county and wildlife preservation personnel in tracking ...
A pair of peregrine falcons once again is incubating their eggs in a nest box installed at the Brady Sullivan Tower in downtown Manchester. ... The male falcon often sat on the window ledge ...
The traditional term for a male falcon is tercel (British spelling) or tiercel (American spelling), from the Latin tertius because of the belief that only one in three eggs hatched a male bird. Some sources give the etymology as deriving from the fact that a male falcon is about one-third smaller than a female [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] ( Old French ...
Peregrine falcons are well-known as birds of prey that can fly extremely fast and travel long distances. ... And in the history of the state peregrine recovery, one bird (a male produced from a ...
Shaheen falcon, miniature by Mansur. Mughal India, early 17th-century. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya. The shaheen falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator) is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon found in southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to southeastern China.