Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, might be the world's most reliable place to see the king of the falcons, the world's fastest bird, the Peregrine Falcon. Florida acts like a funnel during Fall migration, and the Florida Keys are like a needle to that funnel. In October the island, and all of the Keys for that matter, is full of raptors. Hawk Watch International counts over 20,000 raptors passing in about 7 weeks.
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Canon
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Canon EOS 5D
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f/8
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sRGB
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0 EV
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Compulsory Flash
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300 mm
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320
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Spot
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Sun 19 Oct 2008 11:09:22 AM EDT
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English Peregrine Falcon Scientific (Falco peregrinus anatum) Order FALCONIFORMES Family (Latin) Falconidae Family (English) Caracaras, Falcons Other name(s) Breeding Regions Worldwide Breeding Range widespread Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Angola,Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia,Australia, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range tundrius Alaska to Greenland babylonicus e Iran to Mongolia and Pakistan nesiotes Solomon Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia including Loyalty Is. and Fiji (sw Polynesia) macropus Australia ernesti Philippines, Greater Sundas, New Guinea and satellites, and Bismarck Arch. radama Madagascar and the Comoros minor Morocco, Mauritania, Africa s of the Sahara madens Cape Verde Is. (s Macaronesia, w of w Africa) furuitii Bonin Is. (Japan) peregrinator Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka to s, e China brookei Mediterranean region to Caucasus and n Iran japonensis ne Siberia to Japan calidus Lapland to ne Siberia peregrinus n Eurasia (s of tundra) cassini w South America (Colombia to Tierra del Fuego) and Falkland Is. anatum North America (s of tundra) to n Mexico pealei Aleutian Is. to s Alaska and sw Canada pelegrinoides Canary Is., n Africa to Arabia and sw Iran
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by Tunstall, 1771 German Wanderfalke French Faucon pèlerin Chinese 游隼 Japanese ハヤブサ Russian Сапсан Spanish Halcón peregrino Portuguese falcão-peregrino Bird Data App text A medium-sized falcon believed to be the fastest animal on the planet. Note the black mask. Peregrine means wanderer, and this species is possible almost anywhere.
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Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
