Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon（学名：Falco peregrinus），是隼形目隼科隼属的鸟类。俗名: ♂鸽虎、♀鸭虎、花梨鹰、青燕、那青、鸭鹘、黑背花梨鹞，又被称为鸽虎、鸭虎、花梨鹰、青燕、那青、鸭鹘、黑背花梨鹞，在美国被称为鸭鹰。这大型、强力的猛禽，以其捕食飞行中的鸟类而闻名。全球分布广泛，但在欧洲和北美的大部分区域已变得稀少。游隼是世界上短距离冲刺速度最快的鸟类，长距离飞行仅次于雨燕。在悬崖上筑巢。
Peregrine Falcon
36-47 cm; span to 95 cm. Female larger. Famous falcon: crown and cheeks black; upperparts slate-blue; underparts white or buff; breast and underwings finely barred black, leaving prominent white or buff 'bib'. Cere, eye-ring and legs yellow. Juvenile: browner; feather margins buff; buff below, streaked blackish brown; cere, eye-ring and legs yellowish. Singles, pairs, family parties: perches high, on dead limbs, cliffs, broadcasting pylons. Soars high, wings flat and elliptically tapered; tail fanned; 'bib' prominent; looks wide-hipped, tail broad and ample. Wingbeats quick and shallow, broken by glides; 'stoops' spectacularly on birds such as pigeons, galahs, or teals, streaking across sky on nearly closed wings. Chases with hard, lashing strokes of backswept wings.
- Other name
- Black-cheeked Falcon; Duck Hawk.
- Similar Species
- Australian Hobby; Brown Falcon; Grey Falcon.
- Voice
- hoarse, staccato, complaining 'chak-chak-chak-chak', male's noticeably higher-pitched; near nest, high, thin 'keer-keer-keer'.
- Habitat
- cliffs, gorges, timbered watercourses, environs of rivers, wetlands, plains, open woodlands, pylons, spires, buildings.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Nov.
- Nest
- on cliff ledge or crevice; large tree hollow or nest of other raptor or corvid; ledge of city building.
- Eggs
- 2-3; pale buff, finely marked reddish chestnut.
- Range & Status
- Aust. and Tas.: uncommon. Sedentary; dispersive when young. Cosmopolitan, except NZ.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Falco peregrinus macropus
