#0867 · 🐦 birds

Gyrfalcon

🇳🇱 Giervalk ·Falco rusticolus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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10. © Jon Nelson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The gyrfalcon (/ˈdʒɜːrfɔːlkən/ or /ˈdʒɜːrfælkən/) is a bird of prey ( Falco rusticolus ), the largest of the falcon species. The abbreviation gyr is also used. It breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra, and the islands of northern North America, Europe, and Asia. It is mainly a resident there also, but some gyrfalcons disperse more widely after the breeding season, or in winter. Individual vagrancy can take birds for long distances. Its plumage varies with location, with birds...

base stats

NL sightings 9iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,232iNaturalist 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).