Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Peregrine Falcon at nest, Alaska
Photograph by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. License: Public Domain. (view image details)

Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus photo

Peregrine Falcon in flight, Morro Bay, California
Photograph by Kevin Cole. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

PEREGRINE FALCON FACTS

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes
Family:	Falconidae
Genus:	Falco
Species:	peregrinus
Common Name:	Peregrine Falcon

Relatives in same Genus
  Aplomado Falcon (F. femoralis)
  Prairie Falcon (F. mexicanus)
  American Kestrel (F. sparverius)
  Eurasian Kestrel (F. tinnunculus)

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