Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swerfvalk |
| Albanian | Krahëthata |
| Arabic | شاهين |
| Armenian | Սապսան |
| Asturian | Falcón palomberu |
| Azerbaijani | Şahin |
| Bangla (India) | বহেরি |
| Basque | Belatz handia |
| Bulgarian | Сокол скитник |
| Catalan | falcó pelegrí |
| Chinese | 遊隼 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 遊隼 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 游隼 |
| Croatian | sivi sokol |
| Czech | sokol stěhovavý |
| Danish | Vandrefalk |
| Dutch | Slechtvalk |
| English | Peregrine Falcon |
| English (AVI) | Peregrine Falcon |
| English (United States) | Peregrine Falcon |
| Estonian | rabapistrik |
| Faroese | Ferðafalkur |
| Finnish | muuttohaukka |
| French | Faucon pèlerin |
| French (Canada) | Faucon pèlerin |
| Galician | Falcón peregrino |
| Georgian | ჩვეულებრივი შავარდენი |
| German | Wanderfalke |
| Greek | Πετρίτης |
| Gujarati | શાહિન |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Grigri pelren |
| Hebrew | בז נודד |
| Hindi | शाहीन |
| Hungarian | Vándorsólyom |
| Icelandic | Förufálki |
| Indonesian | Alap-alap kawah |
| Italian | Falco pellegrino |
| Japanese | ハヤブサ |
| Kannada | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಚಾಣ |
| Kazakh | Лашын |
| Korean | 매 |
| Kyrgyz | Бахарин ылаачын |
| Ladakhi | བྱ་ཁྲ་གཤོག་རིང་། |
| Latvian | Lielais piekūns |
| Lithuanian | Sakalas keleivis |
| Malayalam | കായൽപ്പുള്ള് |
| Marathi | शाहीन |
| Mizo | Mungek |
| Mongolian | Эгэл шонхор |
| Nepali (India) | शाही बाज |
| Nepali (Nepal) | शाहीबाज |
| Norwegian | vandrefalk |
| Persian | شاهین بحری |
| Polish | sokół wędrowny |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Falcão-peregrino |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | falcão-peregrino |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Falcão-peregrino |
| Punjabi (India) | ਸ਼ਾਹੀਨ ਬਹਿਰੀ |
| Romanian | Șoim călător |
| Russian | Сапсан |
| Serbian | Sivi soko |
| Slovak | sokol sťahovavý |
| Slovenian | Sokol selec |
| Spanish | Halcón Peregrino |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Halcón Peregrino |
| Spanish (Chile) | Halcón peregrino |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Halcón Peregrino |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Halcón peregrino |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Halcón Peregrino |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Halcón Peregrino |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Halcón Peregrino |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Halcón Peregrino |
| Spanish (Panama) | Halcón Peregrino |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Halcón peregrino |
| Spanish (Peru) | Halcón Peregrino |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Falcón Peregrino |
| Spanish (Spain) | Halcón peregrino |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Halcón Peregrino |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Halcón Peregrino |
| Swedish | pilgrimsfalk |
| Telugu | భైరీ డేగ |
| Thai | เหยี่ยวเพเรกริน |
| Turkish | Gökdoğan |
| Ukrainian | Сапсан |
| Zulu | uklebosikhweshekweshe |
Revision Notes
W. Grainger Hunt, Clayton M. White, and Maria G. Smith standardized the content with Clements taxonomy.
Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771
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- falco
- peregrinus
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Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Scientific name definitions
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.1
- Partial Revision
- October 22, 2024
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Authors
Clayton M. White, Nancy J. Clum, Tom J. Cade, and W. Grainger Hunt
Revisors
W. Grainger Hunt and Clayton M. White
Recommended Citation
White, C. M., N. J. Clum, T. J. Cade, and W. G. Hunt (2024). Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman and M. G. Smith, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.perfal.01.1
Revision Notes
W. Grainger Hunt, Clayton M. White, and Maria G. Smith standardized the content with Clements taxonomy.
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Authors
Clayton M. White, Nancy J. Clum, Tom J. Cade, and W. Grainger Hunt
Recommended Citation
White, C. M., N. J. Clum, T. J. Cade, and W. G. Hunt (2020). Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.perfal.01
Birds of North America
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Version 2.0
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- January 1, 2002
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Authors
Clayton M. White, Nancy J. Clum, Tom J. Cade, and W. Grainger Hunt
Revisors
Clayton M. White, Nancy J. Clum, Tom J. Cade, and W. Grainger Hunt
Recommended Citation
White, C. M., N. J. Clum, T. J. Cade, and W. G. Hunt (2002). Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.660
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- January 1, 2002
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Recommended Citation
White, C M., N. J. Clum, T. J. Cade, W. G. Hunt. 2002. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus). In The Birds of North America, No. 660 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.660.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- September 8, 2016
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Authors
Clayton M. White, David Christie, Eduardo de Juana, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Revisors
David Christie, Eduardo de Juana, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Recommended Citation
White, C. M., D. A. Christie, E. de Juana, and J. S. Marks (2016). Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
