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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 origin of today's major Falco groups—the "typical" hobbies and kestrels, for example, or the peregrine-hierofalcon complex, or the aplomado falcon lineage—can be quite confidently placed from the Miocene-Pliocene boundary through the Zanclean and Piacenzian and just into the Gelasian, that is from 2.4 to 5.3 Mya, when the malar-striped ...
The word peregrine originally meant "foreign", from the Latin peregrinus.The term broadened to mean "wandering" or "travelling" from the habits of young peregrine falcons (falco peregrinus, meaning "pilgrim falcon" in Medieval Latin), which would travel long distances to find a suitable nesting place in a high place. [1]
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Peregrine Mission One, the first American attempt to land on the Moon in 50 years, has hit an “anomaly”. The lunar lander had successfully left from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday morning ...
Falconry is currently practiced in many countries around the world. The falconer's traditional choice of bird is the northern goshawk and peregrine falcon. In contemporary falconry in both North America and the UK, they remain popular, although Harris' hawks and red-tailed hawks are likely more widely used.
Peregrine Mission One, or PM1, set off from Florida at 7.18am UK time. It will aim to arrive on the Moon on 23 February. Astrobotic chief executive John Thornton said: “Today Peregrine Mission ...
The World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho, is the headquarters for The Peregrine Fund, an international non-profit organization founded in 1970 that conserves endangered raptors around the world. [1] [2] [3]