Peregrine falcon

Taxonomy 

• Animal Kingdom 

• Phylum: Chordate

• Class: Bird 

• Family: Falcons and Caracaras

• Order: Falconiformes 

• Genus: Falcon

• Species: Peregrinus  

Evolution 

Subspecies 

• Falco peregrinus anatum 

• Falco peregrinus babylonicus 

• Falco peregrinus brookei 

• Falco peregrinus calidus 

• Falco peregrinus cassini 

• Falco peregrinus ernest 

How long have Falcons been on earth?

• Earliest fossil records are from less then 10 Million years ago

Closest living relative?

• Parrots 

Ancestors 

•  Tyrannosaurus rex  

• smaller Velociraptors 

• Carcharodontosaurus