Update Cosewic Status Report On Peales Peregrine Falcon Falco Peregrinus Pealei

Author : John Morton Cooper
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ISBN 13 : 9780772651730
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Status of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco Peregrinus) in British Columbia written by John Morton Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) is a rare raptor that occurs in many regions of British Columbia. There are three subspecies in the province, two that breed and one that occurs as a migrant. Peale's Peregrine Falcon (F.p. pealei) breeds, and is largely resident, in the harsh landscape and environment of the Queen Charlotte Islands, northern Vancouver Island, and islands and headlands of the central and north mainland coast. It is listed as a species of Special Concern by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). ... The American Peregrine Falcon, "anatum" subspecies (F.p. anatum), is a bird familiar to many as one of the icons of the environmental movement after the late 1960s. It is currently listed as Threatened by COSEWIC, after being downlisted from Endangered in 1998. The American Peregrine Falcon has a fascinating history in British Columbia. This subspecies formerly occurred in interior British Columbia and in much of the rest of interior North America south of the treeline. Populations across North America suffered catastrophic declines in the 1950s and 1960s. ... Remarkably, beginning in the 1970s, the American Peregrine Falcon seems to have colonized the Gulf Islands in Georgia Strait, where 11 occupied aeries were found during surveys in 2000, and has recolonized aeries in the Lower Mainland. It seems reasonable to conclude that pioneering individuals are now occupying a previously unoccupied region in British Columbia, having taken advantage of an abundant new prey species, the European Starling (Sturnusvulgaris), and available cliff nesting habitat. ... The Arctic Peregrine Falcon (F.p. tundrius) breeds in Arctic areas of North America and Greenland and occurs in British Columbia only as a migrant. Very few records exist for the province. It is designated as a species of Special Concern by COSEWIC."--Executive summary, p. vi-vii.