| NOUN | a peregrine falcon | peregrine falcons |
| SYNO | Falco peregrinus | peregrine | peregrine falcon |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- The peregrine falcon has also been known to imprint on specific structures for their breeding grounds such as cliff sides and bridges and thus will favour that location for breeding.
- In early English falconry literature, the word "falcon" referred to a female peregrine falcon only, while the word "hawk" or "hawke" referred to a female hawk.
- A wide variety of wild birds may be seen in Cheddar Gorge including peregrine falcon, buzzard, kestrel, raven and grasshopper warbler.
- Barbary falcons have a red neck patch, but otherwise differ in appearance from the peregrine falcon proper merely according to Gloger's rule, relating pigmentation to environmental humidity.
- It is a habitat for the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus).
- Particularly noteworthy is the high diversity of birds of prey, including the peregrine falcon and powerful owl.
- George to serve and protect many endangered and threatened species such as the American bald eagle, the American alligator, the wood stork and the peregrine falcon.
- In the 1960s, the naturalist Derek Ratcliffe compared peregrine falcon eggs from historical collections with more recent egg-shell samples, and was able to demonstrate a decline in shell thickness.
- Quarries and rock outcrops provide nest sites for peregrine falcon and common raven.
- This island has been declared a natural reserve for the resident seabirds, the royal seagull, cormorant and peregrine falcon.
- In flight, ducks are safe from all but a few predators such as humans and the peregrine falcon, which uses its speed and strength to catch ducks.
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