Peregrine falcon videos

Peregrine falcon videos

Peregrine falcons are one of, if not the, fastest animals in the world. They are believed to achieve speeds of over 300 kph when plunging from the sky after prey. This iconic bird of prey is also one of the world's most widely distributed birds, found on every continent except Antarctica. Peregrines prefer open landscapes, but are increasingly exploiting towns and cities where there are tall buildings for nesting and plenty of pigeons for prey. Unlucky victims are captured in vicious talons after a lightning dive from above, but the killing stroke is delivered by the deadly beak.

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The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow sized falcon, it has a blue grey back, barred Blake Bortles Authentic Jersey white underparts, and a black head and "moustache". As is typical of bird eating raptors, Peregrine Falcons are sexually dimorphic, females being considerably larger than males. The Peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 322 km/h (200 mph) during its characteristic hunting stoop (high speed dive), making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to www.officialnflvikingsjerseys.com/Nike-Anthony-Barr-Jersey.html a National Geographic TV Khalil Mack Kids Jersey programme, the highest measured speed of a Peregrine Falcon is 389 km/h (242 mph).

The Peregrine's breeding range includes land regions from the Arctic tundra to the tropics. It can be found nearly everywhere on Earth, except extreme polar regions, very high mountains, and most tropical rainforests; the only major ice free landmass from which it is entirely absent is New Zealand. This makes it the world's most widespread raptor and one of the most widely found bird species. In fact, the only land based bird species found over a larger geographic area is not always naturally occurring but one widely introduced by humans, the Rock Pigeon, which in turn now supports many Peregrine populations as a prey species. Both the English and scientific names of this species mean "wandering falcon", referring to the migratory habits of many northern populations. Experts recognize 17 to 19 subspecies which vary in appearance and range; there is disagreement over whether the distinctive Barbary Falcon is represented by two subspecies of Falco peregrinus, or is a separate species, F. pelegrinoides.

While its diet consists almost exclusively of medium sized birds, the Peregrine will occasionally Khalil Mack Black Jersey hunt small mammals, small reptiles, or even insects. Reaching sexual maturity at one year, it http://www.officialbrownsfootball.com/WOMENS-JOHNNY-MANZIEL-JERSEY.... mates for life and nests in a scrape, normally on cliff edges or, in recent times, on tall human made structures. The Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species in many areas because of the widespread Blake Bortles Youth Jersey use of certain pesticides, especially DDT. Since the ban on DDT from the early 1970s, populations have recovered, supported by large scale protection of nesting places and releases to the wild.

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