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Peregrine falcon

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:09:08
Category: / Business & Economy / Agriculture
Length: 13 pages (3527 words)
TAXONOMY Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae Genus: Falco Species: Falco peregrinus Authority: Tunstall Comments on taxonomy: Other common names are duck hawk and great-footed hawk *05,25,34*; only subspecies in eastern U.S. is F. peregrinus anatum Bonaparte *01, 15,26,29*. OCCURENCE IN ILLINOIS Last known breeding pair in Jackson Co.(1951) *06,31*; Extinct as breeding species in eastern U.S. since 1964*16*; often sighted in fall migration near Mississippi R. And Lk. Michigan*22,23,24*. Two potential unassassed eyries in Jackson …
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…The global pesticide problem must also be addressed. For more details on the recovery plan and management see *34*. The priority area for the recovery plan is the N.E. U.S.. No release sites have been proposed for Illinois, but are proposed for Wisconsin and Minnesota *34*. The U.S. Forest service, however, hopes to establish 2 breeding pairs in the Shawnee National Forest by the year 2020. (Proposed land and resource management plan, USFS, Shawnee National Forest, 1985).
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