Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Order

FALCONIFORMES

Family

Falcons (Falconidae)

Code 4

PEFA

Code 6

FALPER

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked
Eye Color: Dark brown with yellow ring.
Head Pattern: Unique pattern
Crown Color: Gray-blue
Forehead Color: Gray to black.
Nape Color: Black
Throat Color: White to pale brown.
Cere color: Yellow

BODY

Length Range: 41-51 cm (16-20 in)
Weight: 589 g (20.8 oz)
Size: 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
Color Primary: Gray
Underparts: White washed with yellow-brown to red-brown with spots and stripes.
Upperparts: Blue-black
Back Pattern: Scaled or Scalloped
Belly Pattern: Barred or banded, Striped or streaked
Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked, Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 109-117 cm (43-46 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Barred
Upper Tail: Blue-black
Under Tail: White to buff with brown bars.
Leg Color: Yellow

Percevia^® Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The Percevia field guides, database and search protocol patent pending.

The best bird guide and bird watching search engine to identify birds!

Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden2.

Field Guide to Birds of North America