Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 (Peregrine falcon)

Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae

Alternative combination: Falco (Rhynchodon) peregrinus

Belongs to Falco according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Balouet and Olson 1989, Bedetti and Pavia 2013, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Broughton 2004, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Miller and DeMay 1942, Mlikovsky 2002, Steadman et al. 2015, Weesie 1988, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Falco (Cerchneis), Falco (Hierofalco), Falco (Rhynchodon), Falco alopex, Falco altaicus, Falco amurensis, Falco ardosiaceus, Falco bakalovi, Falco berigora, Falco biarmicus, Falco cenchroides, Falco cherrug, Falco columbarius, Falco concolor, Falco cuvierii, Falco deiroleucus, Falco duboisi, Falco eleonorae, Falco falconellus, Falco fasciinucha, Falco femoralis, Falco fuscocaerulescens, Falco hypoleucos, Falco jugger, Falco longipennis, Falco medius, Falco melanaetus, Falco mexicanus, Falco naumanni, Falco newtoni, Falco novaeseelandiae, Falco oregonus, Falco punctatus, Falco readi, Falco rufigularis, Falco rupicoloides, Falco rusticolus, Falco severus, Falco sparverius, Falco subbuteo, Falco subniger, Falco tinnunculus, Falco vespertinus

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Ecuador (1), France (1), Greece (2), Italy (2), Monaco (1), New Caledonia (1), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (17: California, Florida, Idaho, New Mexico, Ohio), Venezuela (1)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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