Peregrine Falcon

What does a Peregrine

Falcon look like?
It's a large, crow-sized falcon, it has:
- a blue-grey back
-barred white leg fur
-a black head.
 A Peregrine Falcon has a
body length about 34 to 58 cm
( 13 – 23 inches )

And its wingspan is

about 74 to 120 cm
A female Peregrine Falcon is 30%
larger than a male one!
• A male Peregrine Falcon weigh from 330g
to 1000g.
• A female Peregrine Falcon weigh from
700g to 1500g.

• In most subspecies, a male one weigh less

than 700g and a female one weigh more
than 800g.
When a Peregrine Falcon flies and reached its
really fast speed (high speed dive), it's 8 times
faster than a normal car speed in Danang.
- The really high speed of a Peregrine Falcon can
reach over 320 km/h.

- While a normal car speed in Danang is 40 km/h.

- The highest speed that a Peregrine Falcon can reach

is 389 km/h.
 What does a Peregrine Falcon eat?

The most common prey for peregrine falcons is

other birds. In fact, other birds make up 77% to 99%
of their diet! Birds eaten include mourning
doves, pigeons, shorebirds, waterfowl, ptarmigan,
grouse, and relatives, and smaller songbirds. The
most common prey item is pigeons.