Peregrine Falcon

A falcon sounds like sskrak krak kark, high pitch karrr kaka raraaa, harsh rehekk, loud krak krak kakakrak, sometimes rapid kai kai kai,slow rak rak, and those are just some of the sounds of peregrine falcons

What They Eat and What Eats Them! pg.4

What They Sound Like pg.9

When They Were Endangered pg.10

Caracaras A large New World bird of prey of the falcon family, with a bare face and a deep bill, feeding largely on carrion.

eyas A young falcon, especially (in falconry) an unfledged nestling taken from the nest for training.

falconidae/falconinae: A family of diurnal birds of prey now usually restricted to the long-winged swift-flying falcons and the caracaras but formerly including most hawks, eagles, buzzards, Old World vultures, and related forms — compare accipitridae.

Genus A principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g.&nbsp;Leo. synonyms:

subfamily A taxonomic category that ranks below family and above tribe or genus, usually ending in&nbsp;-inae&nbsp;(in zoology) or&nbsp;-oideae&nbsp;(in botany)

Scarce. a little left of something

First the female lays three or four eggs. Then in 32 to 33 days they hatch into eyas .Then in six weeks they are full grown falcons.

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8.Raptors p. 40-41 Christyna M. and Rene' Laubach and Charles W. G. Smith

9.The cornell lab of ornithology all about peregrine falcons.

When they are babies falcons are most vulnerable to great horned owls martins, some snakes and bald eagles. To protect the baby a mother falcon will swoop down at the attacker until it goes away. If the predator does not go away, the mother will attack it.

When they were endangered

Peregrine falcons were endangered from 1950-1970 because DDT poisoning. DDT poisoning was not the only reason they were going extinct also food was scarce.

There are over 43 species of falcons which includes the Pygmy falcon, Forest falcon, Peregrine falcon, and Grey falcon. Those are just some of the species of falcons.

DID YOU KNOW The falcons largest genus in falconinae subfamily of falcon falconidae includes another subfamily caracaras.

A falcon's beak is shaped like a jet. When it dives the lungs don't burst! They have a blue gray back, buried white under parts and a black head.

Their wingspan is 41 to 104 centimeters long.

Buried white under parts.

A peregrine falcon's eyes are big and black. The feathers around their eyes make it look like they're wearing a helmet.

A jet shaped nostril.

Helmet-shaped head

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