Barbary Falcon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Barbary Falcon | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||||||||||||
| Conservation status | |||||||||||||||
| Biological classification | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | |||||||||||||||
| Falco pelegrinoides Temminck, 1829 |
|||||||||||||||
The Barbary Falcon (Falco pelegrinoides) is a species of birds very fast and can get up to 250km/h, is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a crow. This bird of prey breeds in the Canary Islands and on the coasts of North Africa. It is mainly resident. It is thought to be a descendent of the Peregrine Falcon.
