Species factsheet

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Order: Falco peregrinus
Family: Caracaras, Falcons (Falconidae)

Danish name: Vandrefalk

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Subspecies and Distribution

tundrius

Alaska to Greenland

pealei

Aleutians to s Alaska and sw Canada

anatum

North America (south of tundra) to n Mexico

cassini

w South America (Colombia to Tierra del Fuego), Falkland Is.

peregrinus

n Eurasia (s of tundra)

calidus

Lapland to ne Siberia

japonensis

ne Siberia to Japan

brookei

Mediterraneean region to Caucasus and n Iran

peregrinator

Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka to s and e China

fruitii

Bonin Is. (Japan)

madens

Cape Verde Is.

minor

Morocco, Mauritania, Africa south of the Sahara

radama

Madagascar and the Comoro Is.

ernesti

Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and Bismarck Arch.

macropus

Australia

nesiotes

Solomon Is, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji

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