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GrasslandScrapeLarge · 713 g
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Voice: Calls, heard mostly near the nest, are described as repetitive kree kree kree…, kik kik kik…, and the like, similar to the peregrine's call but higher-pitched.
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When to see the Prairie Falcon
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Prairie Falcon
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Prairie Falcon
The prairie falcon 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. Having evolved in harsher and desert environments, often with low prey density, the prairie falcon has developed into an aggressive and opportunistic hunter of a wide range of both mammalian and avian prey, as well as occasional reptiles.
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Easily confused with
Brown FalconFalco berigoraAdults are usually 40 to 50 cm (16 to 20 in) long.
Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroidesThe nankeen kestrel is a small, slim falcon 28 to 35 cm (11 to 14 in) long with a wingspan of 66 to 78 cm (26 to 31 in).
Bat FalconFalco rufigularisThe bat falcon is 23 to 30 cm (9.1 to 12 in) long.
Side by side: Eurasian Hobby vs Prairie Falcon · Nankeen Kestrel vs Prairie Falcon · Laughing Falcon vs Prairie Falcon · Brown Falcon vs Prairie Falcon · Bat Falcon vs Prairie Falcon
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