Caracaras, Falcons

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) is a 760 g grassland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Caracaras, Falcons

Order

Falconiformes

Weight

760 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

134

Recorded in United States, Sweden, Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, Australia, Belgium, Mexico, Taiwan, India, Germany, Portugal, South Africa, Italy, Finland, Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, China, Ireland, Peru, Israel, Russia, Panama, Turkey, Belize, Isle of Man, Colombia, Greece, Thailand, Brazil, Republic of Korea, Austria, Ecuador, Poland, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Switzerland, Cuba, Honduras, Estonia, Morocco, Czechia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, Nepal, Philippines, Venezuela, Bulgaria, Singapore, Georgia, AW, Cyprus, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Hungary, Ukraine, Falkland Is., KY, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Curaçao, Romania, Senegal, GP, Uruguay, Madagascar, Ethiopia, BM, Namibia, Guyana, Dominican Rep., Oman, Japan, Tanzania, Greenland, Zimbabwe, Iran, Cambodia, BQ, Slovakia, Algeria, GI, Paraguay, Suriname, Barbados, Jamaica, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Vietnam, Bhutan, Bolivia, Palestine, Myanmar, Uganda, GF, JE, VI, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Croatia, Lithuania, Tunisia, Mozambique, Kuwait, AI, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Papua New Guinea, Antigua and Barb., New Caledonia, Pakistan, Zambia, UM, GG, Ghana, Armenia, VG, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, SX, MF, Vanuatu, Saint Lucia, Nigeria.

Where to see it: St. Barths (Saint Barthélemy); Upper Rock NR (Gibraltar); 台北 · 野柳IBA(Yeliu IBA) (Taiwan); Gibraltar (Please use more specific location if possible) (Gibraltar); Přerov - město (Czechia).

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