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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon 



ABBREVIATION : 
FAPE

COMMON NAMES : 
   peregrine falcon
   peregrine
   duck hawk
   bullet hawk


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of peregrine falcon is Falco
peregrinus Tunstall.  There are 22 subspecies of peregrine falcon
worldwide.  North American infrataxa include [11,17,27]:

        Falco peregrinus ssp. anatum Bonaparte (peregrine falcon)
        Falco peregrinus ssp. pealei Ridgway (Pacific northwestern peregrine)
        Falco peregrinus ssp. tundrius (Arctic peregrine falcon)


ORDER : 
Falconiformes

CLASS : 
Bird

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
See OTHER STATUS

OTHER STATUS : 
Federal listing:  Falco p. ssp. anatum is listed as endangered.  F. p.
ssp.  tundrius is listed as threatened, and F. p. ssp. pealei has no
listing [34].

State listings:  Peregrine falcon is listed as endangered in Illinois
[28], South Dakota [30], Nebraska [33], Kansas [31], and Washington
[35].  F. p. ssp.  anatum and ssp. tundrius are listed as endangered in
Oklahoma [32], and and Florida lists F. p. ssp. tundrius as endangered
[29].

Canadian listings:  F. p. ssp. pealei is listed as vulnerable in British
Columbia.  Falco p. ssp. tundrius is listed as  vulnerable in New
Foundland, Northwest Territories, Quebec, and Yukon Territory [36].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
S. A. Snyder, April 1991


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Snyder, S. A. 1991. Falco peregrinus. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon