Barbary falcon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Falconiformes |
Family: | Falconidae |
Genus: | Falco |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | F. p. pelegrinoides
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Trinomial name | |
Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides Temminck, 1829
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The Barbary falcon (Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides) is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a crow. This bird of prey is mainly resident in areas from the Canary Islands eastwards across some parts of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.