ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
THE FALCONS, GOSHAWKS, CARACARAS, AND ALLIES
Peale's Falcon
is found on the Aleutian Islands, from which point it extends west to the Commander Islands and south along the Pacific coast to Oregon.
It differs from the two other forms in having the general coloration very much darker, and the chest heavily spotted with blackish. Its habits are similar to those of the other forms. In Chile and the Falkland Islands is found another ally of the Peregrine, namely, Cassin's Falcon (F. cassini), while in the Old World there are also a number of related species, among them being the Lesser Falcon (F. minor) of northeast Africa, which straggles as far south as the Cape, the Shahin Falcon (F. peregrinator) of the Indian peninsula, and the Black-cheeked Falcon (F. melanogenys) of Australia, so called from the deep brownish black of the head, cheeks, and the back of the neck.
This species, according to Gould, has the same courage and activity of its relatives in other parts of the world, being able to capture the White-eyed Duck, a bird twice its own weight. It nests in steep, rocky cliffs, laying but two eggs. The Hobby (F. subbuteo) of northern Europe and Asia is a bird which appears like a Lesser Peregrine, but has a softer plumage. It feeds largely upon dragon-flies and other insects, as well as the smaller birds.
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