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| Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus [Linnaeus, 1758] | |
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family: Falconidae |
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BTO Codes:
YF , GYRFA
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EURING No: 3180 | |
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Number in Britain:
3 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
55 cm
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Wingspan: 145 cm |
Weight:
M: 1.1 kg F: 1.8 kg
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Scientific name from:
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L.: falco=falcom (from falcis=sickle, ref hooked talons) and L.: rusticus=rural +colere=to dwell |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Greenland to n Siberia, n N Canada, WINTERS south to n Europe, c Asia & n US |
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Habitat:
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Tundra, open taiga, seacoast |
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Diet:
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Medium-sized birds, also some mammals, usually in low flight over ground |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
8th Century
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
126
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
September to May
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
(2002),
Angus & Dundee
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Ayrshire
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Borders
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Clyde
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Dumfries & Galloway
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Fife
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Upper Forth
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Highland
(1996),
Lothian
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Moray & Nairn
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Northeast
(1995),
Outer Hebrides
(2004),
Orkney
(2002),
Perth & Kinross
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Shetland
(2002),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(1837),
Durham
(1995),
Northumberland
(1845),
East Yorkshire
(1983),
North Yorkshire
(1892),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
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Cumbria
(1983),
Lancashire
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English Midlands:
Shropshire
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Staffordshire
(1844),
Worcestershire
(1852),
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
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Lincolnshire
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Norfolk
(1954),
Suffolk
(1883),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1971),
Hampshire
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Kent
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Oxfordshire
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Surrey
(1971),
East Sussex
(1972),
West Sussex
(1882),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2002),
Devon
(1997),
Dorset
(1912),
Gloucestershire
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Somerset
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Wiltshire
(1906),
Isles of Scilly
(2002),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1972),
Carmarthen
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Clwyd
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Pembrokeshire
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Powys
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| Other Names | |
| Gyr Falcon | |
| Gaelic: Geàrr-sheabhag | Welsh: Hebog y Gogledd |
| Danish: Jagtfalk | Dutch: Giervalk |
| Finnish: Tunturihaukka | French: Faucon gerfaut |
| German: Gerfalke | Hungarian: Sarki sólyom |
| Icelandic: Fálki | Irish: Fabhcún Mór |
| Italian: Girfalco d’Islanda | Norwegian: Jaktfalk |
| Polish: Bialozór | Portuguese: Falcão-gerifalte |
| Spanish: Halcón gerifalte | Swedish: Jaktfalk |
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| For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Cade, T. et al. 1998 BWP Update 2:1-25 |
| Sale, R. & Potapov, E. 2004 The Gyrfalcon Poyser, London [598.53 POT] |
| See Also: |
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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Wikipedia entry
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European Species Action Plan
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
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Find papers on Google Scholar
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Find papers on Scirus
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