Species profile—Falco peregrinus macropus (Australian peregrine falcon)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Falconidae (falcons) → Falco peregrinus macropus (Australian peregrine falcon)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Falconidae (falcons)
- Scientific name
- Falco peregrinus macropus Swainson, 1838
- Common name
- Australian peregrine falcon
- Type reference
- Swainson, W. (1838). Animals in Menageries. In, Lardner, D. (ed.) The Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman & John Taylor, London.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1692
- Synonym(s)
- Falco peregrinus
- Alternate name(s)
- black-cheeked falcon
pigeon hawk
peregrine falcon
duck hawk - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1692
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
