Gyrfalcon
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The gyrfalcon, also abbreviated as gyr, is a bird of prey and the largest species in the falcon family, Falconidae. A high-latitude species, the gyrfalcon breeds on the Arctic coasts and tundra, the i
Painting of a pair of white gyrfalcons by John James Audubon
Painting of a Greenland white morph (center), an intermediate (lower left), and black morph (back)
Light silver-morph
Falconidae
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The falcons and caracaras are around 65 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family likely originated in South America during the Paleocene and is divided into thre
The laughing falcon is a snake-eating specialist
The red-footed falcon is unusual in being a colonial breeding falcon
Micrastur mintoni Cryptic Forest Falcon; Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil