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Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon. Falco Peregrinus. Connor Ensign. WHAT DO YOU ALREADY KNOW?. CLASSIFICATION. KINGDOM. ANIMALIA. PHYLUM. CHORDATE. CLASS. AVES. ORDER. FALCONIFORMES. FAMILY. FALCONIDAE. GENUS. FALCO. FALCO PEREGRINUS. SPECIES. PRARIE FALCON. MERLIN FALCON. GYRFALCON.

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Peregrine Falcon

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  1. Peregrine Falcon FalcoPeregrinus Connor Ensign

  2. WHAT DO YOU ALREADY KNOW?

  3. CLASSIFICATION KINGDOM ANIMALIA PHYLUM CHORDATE CLASS AVES ORDER FALCONIFORMES FAMILY FALCONIDAE GENUS FALCO FALCO PEREGRINUS SPECIES

  4. PRARIE FALCON MERLIN FALCON GYRFALCON SIMILAR SPECIES

  5. 32-60 cm. • 500-1,500 grams • Female is 20% larger than male PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS • Adults-slate dark blue-gray wings and backs barred with black, pale undersides, white faces with a black tear drop on each cheek, and large, dark eyes. • Wingspan = 39.4-43.3 in.

  6. Juvenile- heavily marked, with vertical streaks. Grey/Blue legs and feet Which Peregrine Falcon is Male/Female?

  7. GYRFALCON EAGLES GREAT HORNED OWL PREDATORS HUMANS

  8. CONSERVATION STATUS • Least Concern

  9. MATING SEASON • Late March through May • 2-5 Eggs • 29-32 days of incubation BEHAIVIOR • Both Male and Female incubate the eggs • At about 42 days, chicks start to fly

  10. The Peregrine Falcon is very territorial when it comes there chicks

  11. Captivity 20-23 yrs. 15-18 yrs. Wild LONGEVITY

  12. HIBERNATION

  13. TORPOR

  14. Peregrine Falcon has been recorded to catch and eat about 2,000 different kinds of bird species, around the world. • Shorebirds, ptarmigan, ducks, grebes, gulls, storm-petrels, pigeons, and songbirds including jays, thrushes, longspurs, buntings, larks, waxwings, and starlings. Peregrine Falcons also eat substantial numbers of bats. DIETARY HABITS • Sometimes they even, “Pirate Prey”.

  15. KILLING • This bird circles its prey from high elevations, then the bird dives at an approximate 200 + MPH. With its mighty talons it hits the bird, which stuns it and with that the Peregrine falcon retrieves its prize. • Right before the Peregrine Falcon hits the ground it pulls up its wings and withstands more G’s than any human can. • Its hind talon used to hit the bird is called the Hallux. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKqt05iR9WI

  16. In North America they breed in open landscapes with cliffs (or skyscrapers). • In other parts of the world they nest in tree’s, telephone poles, and in caves or indents in cliff’s. • They have even been seen nesting at elevations of 12,000 ft. HABITAT

  17. Native: Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Angola (Angola); Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia (Armenia); Aruba; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Bhutan; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde; Cayman Islands; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Croatia; Cuba; Curaçao; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Estonia; Ethiopia; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); Fiji; Finland; France; French Guiana; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Gibraltar; Greece; Greenland; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guam; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hong Kong; Hungary; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macao; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Malta; Martinique; Mauritania; Mayotte; Mexico; Micronesia, Federated States of; Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; Netherlands; New Caledonia; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Northern Mariana Islands; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Qatar; Romania; Russian Federation; Russian Federation; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Serbia (Serbia); Sierra Leone; Singapore; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Slovakia; Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; South Sudan; Spain (Canary Is.); Spain (Canary Is.); Sri Lanka; Sudan; Suriname; Swaziland; Sweden; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Taiwan, Province of China; Tajikistan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Togo; Trinidad and Tobago;Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Turks and Caicos Islands; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Venezuela; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.; Western Sahara; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe Vagrant: Burundi; Christmas Island; Faroe Islands; Iceland; Maldives; Mauritius; Samoa; Seychelles DISTRIBUTION • 222 COUNTRIES

  18. Before World War II, the peregrine population in the eastern United States was estimated at about 350-400 breeding pairs. • Egg collectors, falconers, predators and human disturbance was a part of the decline. • DDT increased and the population of Peregrines decreased. THE FALL • The insecticide got into there systems by eating prey that had indulged the insecticide.

  19. The Peregrine Falcon can reach up to speeds of 200 + MPH. • It’s the fastest animal in the world. • Other names: • The Peregrine Falcon’s regular flight speed is 60 MPH FUN FACTS • Duck Hawk • Fauconpèlerin (French) • Halcónperegrino (Spanish)

  20. WORKS CITED Alderfer, Jonathan. Complete Birds of North America. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2006. Print. Arkive. N.p., 2003. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. <http://www.arkive.org/peregrine-falcon/falco- peregrinus/>. Burger, Joanna. Birds. Ontario: Firefly Book, 2006. Print. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. <http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/lifehistory>. Defenders of Wildlife. N.p., 2013. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. <http://www.defenders.org/peregrine-falcon/basic-facts>. National Geographic. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. <http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/peregrine-falcon/>. Ohio Department of Natural Resources. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. <http://ohiodnr.com/wildlife/dow/falcons/facts.aspx>. The Red List. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Mar. 2013. <http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106003622/0>.

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