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    The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird...
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    The shaheen falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator) is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon found mainly in India It has also been described...
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    The Barbary falcon (Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides) is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a crow. This bird of prey is mainly resident. It ranges...
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  • bird that can achieve the greatest airspeed is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), able to exceed 320 km/h (200 mph) in its dives. A close relative...
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  • the Latin peregrinus. The term broadened to mean "wandering" or "travelling" from the habits of young peregrine falcons (falco peregrinus, meaning "pilgrim...
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    Falcon (redirect from Falco (genus))
    Falcons (/ˈfɒlkən, ˈfɔːl-, ˈfæl-/) are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species. Some small species of falcons with long, narrow...
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    Peale's falcon (Falco peregrinus pealei) is a subspecies of the peregrine falcon. This subspecies was first identified by the ornithologist Robert Ridgway...
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  • Beurling (born 1921), fighter pilot recognised as "The Falcon of Malta" Falco peregrinus brookei, aka the Maltese Falcon, Mediterranean region subspecies of...
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    included red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis), ospreys (Pandion haliaetus)...
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    monachus Pelecanus crispus Neophron percnopterus Numenius arquata Falco peregrinus peregrinus Coracias garrulus Aythya nyroca Ardeotis nigriceps Clanga clanga...
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