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peregrine

[per-i-grin, -green, -grahyn] / ˈpɛr ɪ grɪn, -ˌgrin, -ˌgraɪn /




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Jon Beresford, one of BAR's founders, said finding a peregrine on the ground was unusual.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Sequoia National Park is home to the world’s largest trees and iconic birds including peregrine falcons and bald eagles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

“He is a mix between a bird of prey, like a peregrine falcon, with extremely streamlined shapes — of course a feline but also a Mexican salamander called an axolotl,” Otto says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025

"Those birds, in turn, then provide a food source for some of the more charismatic birds, like peregrine falcons or kestrels."

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025

They touched a memory of the right world for a peregrine, a memory as old as her species’ time on earth.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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