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Falco peregrinus (Peregrine falcon)

Reptilia - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Falco peregrinus was named by Tunstall (1771). It is extant.

It was recombined as Falco (Rhynchodon) peregrinus by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1771Falco peregrinus Tunstall
1927Falco peregrinus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 82
1930Falco peregrinus Hay p. 322
1940Falco (Rhynchodon) peregrinus Wetmore p. 41
1942Falco peregrinus Miller and DeMay p. 104
1956Falco (Rhynchodon) peregrinus Wetmore p. 49
1988Falco peregrinus Weesie p. 24 figs. Pl 2, fig 20
1989Falco peregrinus Balouet and Olson p. 6
2002Falco peregrinus Mlikovsky p. 224
2004Falco peregrinus Broughton p. 24
2013Falco peregrinus Bedetti and Pavia p. 35 figs. Pl 1, fig h
2014Falco peregrinus del Hoyo et al.
2015Falco peregrinus Steadman et al. p. 557
2017Falco peregrinus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
subfamilyFalconinaeVigors 1824
genusFalco
speciesperegrinusTunstall 1771

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 [Peregrine falcon]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:37
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:37
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom Falco peregrinus (124960)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Falco peregrinus (197789 197790)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Falco peregrinus (191730)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Falco peregrinus (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Falco peregrinus (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Falco peregrinus (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Falco peregrinus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Falco peregrinus (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Falco peregrinus (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Falco peregrinus (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Azerbaijan Falco peregrinus (193356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Falco peregrinus (92902 192949)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Falco peregrinus (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Falco peregrinus (44954 176102 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Falco peregrinus (20573 20595)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Falco peregrinus (195062)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Falco peregrinus (215376)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Falco peregrinus (194905 194914 194926 194927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Falco peregrinus (13221)