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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. The peregrine is renowned for its speed.
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.
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 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 ...
Peregrine falcon. Order: FalconiformesOrder: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae Family: Falconidae. Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons. Common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus; Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus A; Merlin, Falco columbarius
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.
Cal Falcons is a website and social media community featuring three live streaming webcams trained on a peregrine falcon nest site atop Sather Tower at the University of California, Berkeley. Cal Falcons is known for its extensive social media presence and following. [ 1 ]
Peregrine falcon: 389 km/h (242 mph) 108 m/s (354 ft/s) [1] [7] Flight-diving The peregrine falcon is the fastest aerial animal, fastest animal in flight, fastest bird, and the overall fastest member of the animal kingdom. The peregrine achieves its highest velocity not in horizontal level flight, but during its characteristic hunting stoop ...