Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Also known as: Duck Hawk · Peregrine · Great-footed Hawk · Rock Falcon · Wandering Falcon · Dutch hawk
Aves
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 12-15 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Open country
- Range
- Worldwide
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Common
About
The Peregrine Falcon is a large, crow-sized bird of prey. It can reach speeds of 240 miles per hour while in flight, making it the fastest animal on Earth.
Life cycle
- 1.eggOne or two eggs are incubated on a high stick nest or cliff ledge, guarded closely by the pair.
- 2.hatchlingA downy hatchling is fed torn meat by its parents and grows quickly in a high nest.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to soar and to make its first kills.
- 4.adultFully grown, hunting on its own with adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Family
- Falconidae
- Genus
- Falco
- Species
- Falco peregrinus