Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Falco [peregrinus or madens] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Falco [peregrinus x tinnunculus] (hybrid)
• Falco [peregrinus x sparverius] (hybrid)
• Falco [chicquera x peregrinus] (hybrid)
• Falco [peregrinus x rusticolus] (hybrid)
• Falco [mexicanus x peregrinus] (hybrid)
• Falco [pelegrinoides x peregrinus] (hybrid)
• Falco [columbarius x peregrinus] (hybrid)
• Falco [novaeseelandiae x peregrinus] (hybrid)
• Falco [biarmicus x peregrinus] (hybrid)
• Falco [jugger x peregrinus] (hybrid)
• Falco [cherrug x peregrinus] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аКапыт, аКЬа, аШЬауардын аКЬа ШЬауардын, аШЬхарыхь
Afrikaans: Swerfvalk, Valk
Arabic: الشاهين, الشاهين الشاهين
Asturian: Ferre Palomberu
Azerbaijani: adi şahin, Laçın, Şahin
Bashkir: ласын, сапсан, таш ыласыны, ыласын
Belarusian: Cокал-падарожнiк, Сапсан, Сокал-падарожнік
Bulgarian: sokol skitnik, Сокол скитник
Bengali: কম঩াতাচয , পেরেগ্রিন শাহিন, হ঩মযচগ্রন ঱াচ঴ন
Bengali (transliteration): kapōtāri, pērēgrina śāhina
Breton: Ar falc'hun kantreat, Falc'hun glas, falc'hun kantreat
Catalan: Falcó, Falcó pelegrí
Catalan (Balears): Falcó
Montenegrin: sivi soko, сиви соко
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): сиви соко
Czech: Sokol stehovavý, sokol stěhovavý
Chuvash: ахаль кайкăр, кайкăр, сапсан, чăн кăйкăр
Welsh: Cudyll glas, Gwalch glas, Hebog, Hebog dramor, hebog tramor
Danish: Vandrefalk
German: Wanderfalke, Wanderfalke , Wanderfalke-peregrinus
Greek: Πετρίτης, Τζάνος
Greek (Cypriot): Τζάνος
English: American Peregrine, North European Peregrine Falcon, Peregrine, Peregrine Falcon
English (Kenya): Peregrine/Barbary Falcon
Esperanto: Migra falko
Spanish: Falcón de Patos, Falcón Peregrino, Halcón Común, Halcón de Patos, Halcon Peregrino, Halcón Peregrino, Halcón Peregrino del Norte, Halcón Peregrino del Sur
Spanish (Argentine): Halcón peregrino
Spanish (Bolivia): Halcón peregrino
Spanish (Chile): Halcón peregrino
Spanish (Colombia): Halcón Peregrino
Spanish (Costa Rica): Halcón Peregrino
Spanish (Cuba): Halcón de Patos
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Halcón de Patos, Halcón Peregrino
Spanish (Spain): Halcón Peregrino
Spanish (Honduras): Halcón peregrino
Inupiatun, North Alaskan: kingavaitchaiq
Spanish (Mexico): Halcón peregrino
Spanish (Nicaragua): Halcón Peregrino
Spanish (Panama): Halcón Peregrino
Spanish (Peru): Halcón Peregrino
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Halcón Peregrino
Spanish (Paraguay): Halcón peregrino
Spanish (Uruguay): Halcón peregrino, Halcón Peregrino del Norte, Halcón Peregrino del Sur
Spanish (Venezuela): Halcón Peregrino
Estonian: rabapistrik
Basque: Belatz handi, Belatz handia, Falcó pelegrí
Evenki: ча̄
Persian: بحری
Finnish: Muuttohaukka
Faroese: Ferðafalkur, Ferðfalkur
French: Faucon gerfaut, Faucon pelerin, Faucon pèlerin
Friulian: falchet pelegrin, falcon, falcuç piligrin
Frisian: noardske falk
Irish: fabhcún gorm, falcón peregrino, Seabhac gorm, Seabhac seilge
Guadeloupean Creole French: Faucon, Malfini
Gaelic: Seabhag
Galician: Falcó pelegrí, Falcón peregrino
Guarani: Taguato ro'y
Manx: Shirragh y Ree
Haitian Creole French: Grigri pelren
Hebrew: בז נודד
Croatian: Sivi Sokol
Hungarian: Vándorsólyom
Armenian: [Sapsan ], Սապսան
Indonesian: Alapalap Kawah, Alap-alap kawau , Alap-alap sawah, Burung Alap-alap Kawah
Icelandic: Förufálki
Italian: falco pellegrino, Falco pellegrino comune, Pellegrino
Inuktitut: Kigaviarsuk, Kikkeveokjuk
Japanese (romaji): bābarii hayabusa, Haya busa, hayabusa
Japanese: バーバリーハヤブサ, ハヤブサ
Japanese (Kanji): バーバリー隼, 隼
Georgian: შავარდენი, ჩვეულებრივი შავარდენი
Kara-Kalpak: суңқар
Kabardian: къаргъей, къэргъей
Mongolian, Halh: шууман шонхор
Khakas: Ылачын
Kazakh: Лашын
Kazakh (Transliteration): bïdayıq, laşın
Korean: 매
Korean (Transliteration): mae
Karachay-Balkar: сары лячин, шахан
North Karelian: muuttohaukka
Cornish: Falghun pryeryn
Kwangali: Kakodi
Kirghiz: ылаачын
Scientific: Falco cornicum, Falco nigriceps, Falco orientalis, Falco pelegrinoides, Falco pelegrinoides pelegrinoides, Falco peregrinoides, Falco peregrinus, Falco peregrinus peregrinus, Hierax peregrinus
Luxembourgish: Spuervull , Wanderfallek
Lithuanian: Sakalas keleivis
Latvian: Lielais piekūns
Malagasy: Voromahery
Macedonian: siv sokol, Сив сокол, сив сокол;, Сокол скитник
Malayalam: കായൽപ്പുള്ള്
Mongolian: Нугасч начин, хараацайч начин, хүйхнэг, Шилийн шонхор, шууман шонхор, Эгэл шонхор
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠡᠭᠡᠯ ᠱᠣᠩᠬᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠰᠣᠴᠢ ᠨᠠᠴᠢᠨ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Начин
Mongolian (Transliteration): egel shoŋkhor, nachiŋ, nugasch nachiŋ, shiliŋ shoŋkhor
Moldavian: Șoim călător
Malay: Burung Falko Belalang, Burung Falko Peregrin, Burung Helang Peregrine, Falko Beialang, Falko Belalang, Helang Peregrine
Maltese: Bies, bisien
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): хараацайч начин, хүйхнэг
Nepali: शाही बाज
Dutch: Slechtvalk
Norwegian: Pilegrimsfalk, vandrefalk
Occitan: moisset pelegrin
Polish: sokól wedrowny, sokół wędrowny
Pinyin: hēi-bèi huā-lí yā, hú, huā-lí yīng, nǐ yóu-sǔn, yā-hú, yā-hǔ, yóu zhǔn, yóu-sǔn, zhǔn
Portuguese: falcăo peregrino, falcão peregrino, Falcao-peregrino, Falcão-peregrino
Portuguese (Brazil): Falcão Peregrino, falcao-peregrino, falcão-peregrino
Portuguese (Portugal): Falcão-peregrino
Romansh: falcun pelegrin
Romanian: câlâtor, Şoim călător, Şoim-câlâtor
Russian: Cапсан, Настоящий сокол, Рыжеголовый сокол, Сапсан, Сокол-сапсан, Шахин
Yakut: мохсоҕол, мохсоҕола, мохсоҕоллор
Sardinian: Astori perdighinu, Ŕcchili piscadrixi, Tilibriu
Scots: Seabhag
Northern Sami: bárbmofálli
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Peri/shahin Kurulugoya
Slovak: sokol sťahovavý
Slovenian: sokol selec
Shona: Rukodzi
Albanian: Petriti, Sokol i kuqërremtë
Serbian: sivi soko, сиви соко
Sotho, Southern: Leubane
Swedish: Pilgrimsfalk
Swahili: Kozi Tembere
Tamil: Pori Vallooru
Tajik: лочин
Thai: เหยี่ยวเพเรกริน
Thai (Transliteration): yìaw pʰee-ree-krin
Turkmen: gök bähri, laçyn, лачын, لا چ نی
Tswana: Phakwê
Turkish: Bayağı Doğan, Cüce Doğan § Ak-karınlı Cüce Doğan, Doğan, Gök Doğan, Gök Doşan, Gökdoğan, Бидайық, Лашын
Tsonga: Rigamani
Tatar: дала лачыны , сапсан
Tuvinian: Аът баштыг шаңгыр
Udmurt: кропот, лачинка, сапсанӧрӟи, тӧлпери ӧрӟи
Ukrainian: Сапсан, Сокiл мандрiвний, Сокiл-сапсан, Сокіл-сапсан
Uzbek: лочин, лочин-сапсан, оддий лочин
Vietnamese: Cắt đen, Cắt lớn, Chim Cắt lớn
Kalmyk: начин, начн, савсн, сапсн
Xhosa: Ukhetshe
Chinese: [hei-bei hua-li ya], [hu], [hua-li ying], [ya-hu], [you sun], [you zhun], [zhun], 拟游隼, 游 隼, 游隼, 花梨鹰, 遊隼, 隼, 鸭虎, 鸭鹘, 鹘, 黑背花梨鸭
Chinese (Traditional): 擬遊隼, 花梨鷹, 遊隼, 鴨虎, 鴨鶻, 鶻, 黑背花梨鴨
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 遊隼, 隼
Chinese (Taiwan): [you zhun], [zhun], 游隼, 遊隼, 隼
Zulu: uHeshe