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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.
A peregrine falcon hatched in 2023 in Port Washington was found in December in Nicaragua, after a journey of more than 2,000 miles.
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 ]
The successful reintroduction of peregrines to eastern and central United States brought peregrine and prairie falcons back into competition in these areas. The reintroduction program led by the Peregrine Fund bred and released more than 4,000 peregrine falcons from 1974 to 1997. The program necessarily made use of available captive bred ...
Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in a nest built at the top of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, officials said. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridges and ...
The Peregrine Fund made the world of raptors more accessible to the public at the Velma Morrison-Knudsen Interpretive Center, established in 1992. The facility features interactive displays, multi-media shows and live demonstrations with hawks, falcons, eagles and owls. Visitors may observe a live California condor and other birds of prey.
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. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has also been described as a migratory subspecies. [ 4 ]
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey and includes caracaras, laughing falcon, forest falcons, falconets, pygmy falcons, falcons and kestrels.They are small to medium-sized birds of prey, ranging in size from the black-thighed falconet, which can weigh as little as 35 grams (1.2 oz), to the gyrfalcon, which can weigh as much as 1,735 grams (61.2 oz).