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The word perlin is a falconer's term for a hybrid of a peregrine falcon and a merlin. [1] It is much bigger and faster than a merlin, but is not as big as a peregrine, so the quarry it takes varies from larger songbirds to small game birds such as hen pheasants. It is less likely to fly as high as a peregrine and usually rings close to the ...
The word perilanner is a falconer's term for a hybrid between a peregrine falcon and a lanner falcon. [1] It is larger and faster than a lanner, but does not fly as far as a peregrine and thus is less likely to fly far away and become lost. As a rule, the peregrine is the father and the lanner is the mother.
It describes as a new and remarkable event captive breeding hybrid young in 1971 and 1972 from John Morris's female saker and Ronald Stevens's peregrine falcon. Peregrine falcons were suffering from the post–World War II severe decline caused by pesticides.
A peregrine falcon hatched in 2023 in Port Washington was found in December in Nicaragua, after a journey of more than 2,000 miles.
A pair of peregrine falcons once again is incubating their eggs in a nest box installed at the Brady Sullivan Tower in downtown Manchester. Thanks to live web cameras that capture the pair's ...
The peregrine falcon was removed from the federal endangered species list in 1999 although it continues to be protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It is still listed as a species ...
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine, [3] is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. The peregrine is renowned for its speed.
Peregrine falcons are "regarded by falconers and biologists alike as one of the noblest and most spectacular of all birds of prey," according to the Audubon Society's Guide to North American Birds.