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Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus · Family Falconidae
Falco peregrinus
Family Falconidae
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Family
- Falconidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,931,521
- Countries and territories with records
- 230
About this species
This species has 2,931,521 occurrence records from 230 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (40.2%), Sweden (7.6%), the Netherlands (7%), Canada (6.9%) and Denmark (4.4%); together they account for 66% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.11% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Falco peregrinus combines the genus name Falco with the species epithet peregrinus. The Warbla app catalog lists 38 species of the genus Falco; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Falco sparverius, Falco tinnunculus and Falco columbarius.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 58 species of the family Falconidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Falco sparverius. Its record count is 7.8 times the family average (377,669). The family Falconidae belongs to the order Falconiformes, which has 58 species in the Warbla app catalog.