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=Peregrine Falcon - (Falco Peregrinus)=

The Peregrine Falcon's Natural Habitat is spread throughout North America, however there are many other parts of the world where peregrine falcons also thrive such as Greenland or Alashka The Pure Breed Peregrine Falcon or Falco Peregrinus Pealei only lives near the Pacific Coast while the Hybrid Breed Peregrine Falcon or the Falco Peregrinus Anatum lives throughout the rest of North America in various areas.
 * Natural Habitat and Location:**



**Niche:**

 * Diet:** The diet of the Peregrine Falcon consists of small birds to medium sized birds. A range of different birds are hunted by the Peregrine Falcon such as small song birds to larger geese.

Length14.2–19.3 in 36–49 cmWingspan39.4–43.3 in 100–110 cmWeight18.7–56.4 oz 530–1600 g
 * Average Size:**


 * Housing Requirements:** The Peregrine Falcon doesn't specifically require anything for housing just some place where its safe from predators and can lay eggs but it should usually be near a source of food, they usually build their nests on a cliff and a lot of the times they use nests that other birds built and abandoned.


 * Climate Requirements:** Peregrine Falcons usually prefer warmer climate but have been known to live in area's with cooler climates


 * Relationships with other animals:** The relationship between the Peregrine Falcon and other Falcons are unclear however they do compete with other birds of prey when going for the same prey.


 * Reproduction:** Peregrine Falcons become sexually active and mature by the age of 3 and they usually have around 2-5 eggs at a time


 * Living Habits:** Peregrine Falcons tend to live alone with their mate and nestlings.

Peregrine means "wandering"
 * Other Interesting Facts:**

=Population Expansion:=

The Peregrine Falcon would easily fill the niche left by the Endangered species, Bald Eagle, because first of all they are both birds of prey that live in the same areas primarily in North America. The Bald Eagle preys on a lot of smaller birds and so does the Peregrine Falcon so they eat a lot of similar foods. Another reason that the Peregrine Falcon would be perfect to replace the Bald Eagle if it went extinct is because the Peregrine Falcon is so fast so because it can't be big and strong like the Bald Eagle it makes up for it by being fast and deadly. They reproduce about the same amount of offspring every time they reproduce and they are active in the daytime like the Bald Eagle is. The diet is roughly the same as the Bald Eagles and they are about the same size the Bald Eagle however is a little bit bigger in size than the Peregrine Falcon. Their living habits are about the same and they have almost the same habitats however Peregrine Falcons live in the Tundra where the Bald Eagle does not. Other then some slight differences the Peregrine Falcon is very similar to the Bald Eagle so it would be a very good match to replace the Bald Eagle if it did go extinct.