Galapagos Species Database

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Falco peregrinus cassini Tunstall, 1771

Halcón peregrino, Peregrine Falcon

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Falconiformes

Family
Falconidae

Genus
Falco

Species
peregrinus

Subspecies
cassini

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Origin: Migrant

Status

Endangered

Distribution

Distribution: Recorded regularly in small numbers, mainly in the boreal winter, November – March.

References

  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
  • Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
  • Millington, S.J. Price, T.D. (1982) Birds on Daphne Major 1979-1981. Noticias de Galápagos 35: 25-27.
  • Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
  • Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Falco peregrinus cassini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5084. Accessed 22 May 2025.