{"id":25437,"date":"2012-11-05T14:36:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:12","slug":"peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/","title":{"rendered":"Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the Peregrine, and historically as the &#8220;Duck Hawk&#8221; in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family Falconidae. As is common with bird-eating raptors, the female is much bigger than the male.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Peregrine Falcon\u00a0<i>Falco\u00a0peregrinus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-309-25437\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2333\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-9.jpg\" title=\"Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria (13 Jul 2009)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria (13 Jul 2009)\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2332\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-8.jpg\" title=\"Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria (13 Jul 2009)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria (13 Jul 2009)\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2331\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-7.jpg\" title=\"Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria (13 Jul 2009)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria (13 Jul 2009)\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2330\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-6.jpg\" title=\"Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria (13 Jul 2009)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria (13 Jul 2009)\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2329\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-5.jpg\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2328\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-4.jpg\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2327\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-3.jpg\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2326\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-2.jpg\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2325\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-15.jpg\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-15.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2324\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-14.jpg\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-14.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2323\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-13.jpg\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-13.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2322\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-12.jpg\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-12.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2321\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-11.jpg\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-11.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2320\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-10.jpg\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-10.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2319\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-1.jpg\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Pfaender Adlerwarte, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the Peregrine, and historically as the &#8220;Duck Hawk&#8221; in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family Falconidae. As is common with bird-eating raptors, the female is much bigger than the male. 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