#0646 · 🐦 birds

Peregrine Falcon

🇳🇱 Slechtvalk ·Falco peregrinus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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1. © nautiboy · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Linda Cross · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Grigory Heaton · CC BY-NC 4.0
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7. © Nicolás Villaseca Merino · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. © Mike Dufour · CC BY-NC 4.0
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10. © Dmitry Shtol · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The peregrine falcon ( Falco peregrinus ), also known as the peregrine , and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. As is typical of bird-eating raptors, peregrine falcons are sexually dimorphic, with females being considerably larger than males. The peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 320 km/h (200 mph) during its...

base stats

NL sightings 307iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 63,796iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).