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 Translation for 'peregrine falcon' from English to Bulgarian
NOUN   a peregrine falcon | peregrine falcons
SYNO Falco peregrinus | peregrine | peregrine falcon
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peregrine (falcon{noun} [Falco peregrinus]
сокол {м} скитник
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falcon {noun}
сокол {м}
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Amur falcon {noun} [Falco amurensis]
амурска ветрушка {ж}
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Barbary falcon {noun} [Falco pelegrinoides]
берберски сокол {м}
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Barbary falcon {noun} [Falco pelegrinoides]
ръждивоглав сокол {м}
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lanner (falcon{noun} [Falco biarmicus]
далматински сокол {м}
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red-footed falcon {noun} [Falco vespertinus]
вечерна ветрушка {ж}
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red-footed falcon {noun} [Falco vespertinus]
червенонога ветрушка {ж}
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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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