Prairie Falcon
Falco mexicanus
Summary 7
The Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) is a medium-sized falcon of western North America.
Distribution 8
Falco mexicanus is found throughout the western United States as well as parts of Mexico and Canada. It is commonly found in the desert and prairie regions of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan in Canada. In the United States, Falco mexicanus is found from North and South Dakota south to Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. Sightings in Manitoba, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana have been recorded as well.
Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native )
Sources and Credits
- (c) Tom Benson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/40928097@N07/12043662946/
- (c) Flickr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8217/8343148961_5f0bfa5d43_o.jpg
- (c) *Prairie_Falcon_with_kill.jpg: Matt MacGillivray from Toronto, Canada *derivative work: MPF (<span class="signature-talk">talk</span>), some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Falco_mexicanus_with_kill.jpg/460px-Falco_mexicanus_with_kill.jpg
- (c) Linda Tanner from Los Osos, California, U.S.A., some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Prairie_Falcon.jpg/460px-Prairie_Falcon.jpg
- (c) Matt MacGillivray from Toronto, Canada, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Prairie_Falcon_with_kill.jpg/460px-Prairie_Falcon_with_kill.jpg
- U.S. Geological Survey, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/USGS_Prairie_Falcon.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_mexicanus
- (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31394622
