The back and the long pointed wings of the adult have an appearance of bluish-black to slate grey with indistinct darker barring the wingtips are black. The standard linear measurements of peregrine falcon size are the wing chord that measures 26.5 to 39 cm (10.4-15.4 in), while its tail measures 13 to 19 cm (5.1-7.5 in), and the tarsus measures between 4.5 to 5.6 cm (1.8–2.2 in). Males falcon birds weigh around 330 to 1,000 g (0.73-2.20 lb) and the noticeably larger female falcons weigh 700 to 1,500 g (1.5-3.3 lb).įor the most part, the subspecies of falcon males weigh less than 700 g (1.5 lb) and females weigh more than 800 g (1.8 lb), which shows that females show about 50% more than their male breeding mates. The peregrine bird (both male and female) has similar markings and plumage, however, in many birds of prey, the peregrine falcon displays remarkable sexual dimorphism in size, with the female measuring up to 30% larger than the male. The peregrine falcon has a body length stretching from 34 to 58 cm, i.e., 13 to 23 inches long.Īlso, the peregrine falcon size of the wingspan stretches from 74 to 120 cm (29-47 in).
The Latin expression for a falcon, Falco, is identified with falx, signifying "sickle", regarding the silhouette of the falcon's long and pointed wings in flight. The particular name is taken from the way that adolescent birds were taken while venturing to their reproducing area as opposed to from the home, as falcon homes were hard to get at. The logical name Falco peregrinus is a Medieval Latin expression that was utilized by Albertus Magnus in 1225.
LC means least concerned as per the IUCN Dataįalco peregrinus was first depicted under its present binomial name by English ornithologist Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 work Ornithologia Britannica.
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