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| Perigrine |
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| English name | Peregrine (Falcon) |
| Scientific name | Falco peregrinus |
| Dutch name | Slechtvalk |
| Family | Falconidae - Falcons and Caracaras |
| Subfamily | Falconinae - True Falcons |
| Length | Male: 35 - 38 cm
Female: 49 - 51 cm |
| Span | Male: 79 - 81 cm
Female: 114 - 117 cm |
| Weigth | Male: 550 - 750 cm
Female: 925 - 1300 gram |
| Voice | 
Click on the speaker for a sound recording |
| Length of life | not available yet |
| Range | Almost all around the world |
| Habitat | not available yet |
| Prey | Birds |
| Lay eggs in | not available yet |
| Number of eggs | 2 - 6 |
| Size of egg | not available yet |
| Sit on eggs | 28 days |
| Time to fly out | 40 to 49 days |
| Remark 1 | The female is much larger than the male. |
Click on the image below for a larger and better quality of the image.
Links to other sites about the peregrine falcon:
Many photo's of the Peregrine Falcon by George Raiche / Digibird.com
Don Roberson - The Falcon family
Go to the start of my book of birds of prey.
Go to my index with all photo's of my site.
Go to my album with Wallpapers of Birds of Prey
Links to other sites about Birds of Prey.
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