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Falco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850 Family: Falconidae Order: Falconiformes Back
Prairie falcon Präriefalke Faucon des prairies Halcón mejicano
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL CITES II (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: intracontinental nomadising

Falco mexicanus

Variable: disperses widely with general N to S movement from N breeding locations; movements in all directions from mid-latitude breeding locations; some sedentary tendency in S, but in general follows food supplies; some movements in response to aestivation, and hence inaccessibility, of ground squirrels; most birds breeding at altitudes above 2500 m move to lower ground in winter. Post-breeding vagrants wander outside breeding range more commonly in mid-continent plains region than elsewhere.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Mesoamerica, North America
Recommended link: http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/priors/prairie.htm
Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede
Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

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