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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.
This is a list of the fastest flying birds in the world. A bird's velocity is necessarily variable; a hunting bird will reach much greater speeds while diving to catch prey than when flying horizontally. The bird that can achieve the greatest airspeed is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), able to exceed 320 km/h (200 mph) in its dives.
Prairie falcons may even deliberately emulate the flight style of other birds in order to deceive potential prey and allow a surprise attack by the falcon. [22] The dramatic high speed diving stoop from high altitude in the manner of the peregrine falcon, allowing overtaking the swiftest of birds or delivering a knock-out blow to large prey, is ...
A pair of peregrine falcon parents are raising three chicks along Chicago's busy Wacker Drive, and beware to any pedestrian who ventures too closely to their nest. Just ask Chuck Valauskas, who ...
A peregrine falcon hatched in 2023 in Port Washington was found in December in Nicaragua, after a journey of more than 2,000 miles.
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.
American Kestrel Partnership, The Peregrine Fund Research and conservation activities designed for participants of all ages KestrelCams, American Kestrel Partnership, The Peregrine Fund Live, streaming video of a nesting kestrel pair; Photos, audio and video of American kestrel from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library
A large falcon, it preys on birds and bats. [2] Most likely either the lanner or peregrine falcon was the sacred species of falcon to the ancient Egyptians, [3] and some ancient Egyptian deities, like Ra and Horus, were often represented as a man with the head of a lanner falcon.