Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Falco peregrinus
- Class
- Bird
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Family
- Falconidae
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
- Habitat
- Mountains, Towns and farms, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- In a steep dive it can exceed 300 km/h, among the highest speeds ever recorded for an animal.
- In the mid-20th century the pesticide DDT thinned its eggshells and crashed its numbers; a ban let it recover.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q30535 · All animals · All entries