PHOTO OF CLOSELY RELATED SUBSPECIES 



CREDIT: KENNETH FINK 



ARCTIC PEREGRINE FALCON 



Falco peregrinus tundrius White (1968) 



KINGDOM Animalia 



CLASS Aves 



ORDER Falconiformes 



FAMILY Falconidae 



OTHER COMMON 



NAMES Duck Hawk (AOU 1931); 



Beach Peregrine, Blond Peregrine (fal- 

 coner's names, White 1968); Tundra Pere- 

 grine (Ruos 1970 and numerous authors). 



DATE 



Entered into SWIS To be determined 



Updates To be determined 



LEGAL STATUS 



Federal: Endangered: (42 FR 36425, 14 July 

 1977 p. 36425). Protected, Migratory 

 Bird Treaty Act of 3 July 1918 (40 

 Stat. 755; 16 U.S.C. 703-711) as 

 amended 3 Dec. 1969. Public Law 91- 

 135. Listed, Appendix I, Convention 

 on International Trade in Endangered 

 Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (42 

 FR 10476, 22 Feb. 1977). 



States: Endangered: Alaska, South Carolina, 

 Texas - Listed: Florida. 



REASONS FOR CURRENT STATUS 



Up to 1960, no long-term data are available 

 by which to detect either an increase or decrease 



