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Prairie Falcon

Falco mexicanus

Classification

Class
Aves

The prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus) is a medium-sized falcon found in Western North America. A separate species from the peregrine falcon, with which it shares some visual similarities, the prairie falcon is, essentially, an arid-climate divergence of earlier peregrine falcon lineage. It is thus able to thrive on a more meager, opportunistic diet compared to that of the peregrine, and is generally lighter in weight than a peregrine of similar wingspan.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 85,059Canada · 4,887Mexico · 619