Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Distribution 3

Subspecies and Distribution:

    * tundrius C. M. White, 968 - Arctic tundra of North America, from Alaska to Greenland. * anatum Bonaparte, 838 - North America S of tundra to N Mexico, except NW Pacific Coast. * pealei Ridgway, 873 - coastal W North America from Washington N to W Alaska, and W through Aleutian and Commander Is; possibly also coastal Kamchatka and Kuril Is. * cassini Sharpe, 873 - W South America, from Ecuador (locally) S through Bolivia and N Argentina to S Chile, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is. * japonensis Gmelin, 788 - NE Siberia S to Kamchatka and Japan (may not be race of coastal Kamchatka). * furuitii Momiyama, 927 - Volcano Is and possibly Bonin Is. * calidus l790, - tundra of Eurasia, from Lapland E to NE Siberia, roughly to region of R Yana and R Indigirka. * peregrinus Tunstall, 77 - Eurasia S of tundra and N of Pyrenees, Balkans and Himalayas, from British Is E to Amurland and Ussuriland in Russian Far East. * brookei Sharpe, 873 - S France, Spain and coastal N Africa E through Mediterranean to Caucasus. * babylonicus P. L. Sclater, 86 - Asia, from E Iran to Mongolia. * pelegrinoides Temminck, 829 - Canary Is E through inland N Africa to Iraq, and probably Iran. * madens Ripley & Watson, 963 - Cape Verde Is. * minor Bonaparte, 850 - Africa S of Sahara, and N into extreme S Morocco. * radama Hartlaub, 86 - Madagascar and Comoro Is. * peregrinator Sundevall, 837 - Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka E to SE China. * ernesti Sharpe, 894 - Indonesia and Philippines E to New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago. * nesiotes Mayr, 1941 - Vanuatu and New Caledonia (race uncertain) E to Fiji. * macropus Swainson, 837 - Australia (except SW). * submelanogenys Mathews, 92 - SW Australia.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Mike Baird, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2007/2529508465_55307d8d62_o.jpg
  2. (c) Stephanie & Sean Ware, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/3526724741_e08fe98532.jpg
  3. (c) Katerina Tvardikova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31848656

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