duck hawk
Falco peregrinus latin

The duck hawk is a speedy type of falcon with a slate-colored back.

I was thinking about the duck hawk.

Having learned that day that duck hawks prefer to nest on cliffs, I settled for this site.

It's the duck hawk.

It can also be known just as the Peregrine, and was once called the "Duck Hawk" in North America.

The fuzzy body rocked, the tail spread to steady it, and the little duck hawk almost sighed as it sank into the leaves, sleeping.

"Duck hawk," she said.

Mostly it is used for the Cooper's Hawk, the Sharp-shinned Hawk the Red-tailed Hawk or the Duck hawk.

"Duck hawk" was the old American name for the peregrine, given it by the farmers who shot it on sight as a marauder, just as they called the red-tailed hawk a chicken hawk.

Falco peregrinus anatum, described by Bonaparte in 1838, is known as the American Peregrine Falcon, or "Duck Hawk"; its scientific name means "Duck Peregrine Falcon".

The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae.

Not far from Inspiration Point, the Eye of the Needle (a round, see-through hole cut into the side of Little Duck Hawk Ridge) can be seen to the left as the hiker continues along the now rocky trail.

One day I was in the valley digging tubers and collecting the tiny new dandelion shoots when Frightful saw another duck hawk and flew from my shoulder like a bolt, pulling the leash from my hand as she went.

Falco peregrinus minor, first described by Bonaparte in 1850.

Donbaekdongsan wetland supports the nationally endangered species first level including falco peregrinus.

Falco peregrinus nesiotes will hunt finches, but is itself rare and declining.

Peregrine (Falco peregrinus).

A. The winner, wings down, is the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus, which may also be the fastest animal of any kind on earth.

Scientific name: Falco peregrinus and the Common name: Peregrine Falcon.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (2003): Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus).

Pallid Falcon, Falco peregrinus cassini var.

The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family Falconidae.

Birds which live in the woods include the Raven (Corvus) and Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus).

Falco peregrinus cassini, described by Sharpe in 1873, is also known as the Austral Peregrine Falcon.

Falco peregrinus macropus, described by Swainson in 1837, is the Australian Peregrine Falcon.

Falco peregrinus madens, described by Ripley and Watson in 1963, is unusual in having some sexual dichromatism.

Falco peregrinus radama, described by Hartlaub in 1861, is found in Madagascar and Comoros.

Another subspecies of Falco peregrinus, madens, has also sometimes been treated instead within a separately recognized F. pelegrinoides.

(Part 1, Falco peregrinus and Falco pelegrinoides).

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) and Raven (Corvus corax) breed in some years.

The total bird population of the lowland includes occasional-breeding snowy owls Nyctea scandiaca and peregrine falcons Falco peregrinus.

Peale's Falcon, Falco peregrinus pealei, is a subspecies of the Peregrine Falcon.

There are also smaller populations of Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) and Raven (Corvus corax).

The scientific name Falco peregrinus is a Medieval Latin phrase that was used by Albertus Magnus in 1225.

Falco peregrinus calidus, described by John Latham in 1790, was formerly called leucogenys and includes caeruleiceps.

Dewey, T. & Potter, M. (2002): Animal Diversity Web: Falco peregrinus.

Joske's Thumb is also a historical nesting site for falco peregrinus nesiotes, Fiji's endemic Peregrine Falcon.

Rolls-Royce named the engine the Peregrine after the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), the world's fastest and most widespread bird of prey.