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Barbary Falcon Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides
Status
Category E
Native Range
Barbary Falcon F. p. pelegrinoides:Canary Islands, North Africa to Iraq.
Peregrine Falcon F. peregrinus. All Continents except Antarctica. Discontinuously throughout with a north-south migration in the northern hemisphere.
Conservation Status
Least Concern (F. peregrinus sensu lato)
Notes
Barbary Falcon is considered to be one of 19 subspecies of Peregrine Falcon recognised by birdsoftheworld.org
Prairie Falcon is also closely related and the two have hybridised.
British Occurrence
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