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      • The female peregrine has dark blue-gray plumage on her back, with a pale reddish-beige chest and belly. Her breast is also marked with brownish stripes. Overall, the female is more buff in color, featuring less white than the male, and has more distinct markings.
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  2. Be sure to look at shape as well as size—long primary feathers give the Peregrine a long-winged shape. As with most raptors, males are smaller than females, so Peregrines can overlap with large female Merlins or small male Gyrfalcons.

  3. Females are bigger than males, but otherwise they look alike ; Juveniles have buff-coloured underparts, with dark streaks rather than barring on the chest and belly ; In flight, Peregrines have noticeable triangular-shaped wings that taper sharply to a point ; Short, square-ended tail, which is sometimes fanned when soaring

  4. May 4, 2019 · This comparison of Dot.ca and Beauty at their nest in Rochester, NY shows that male and female peregrine falcons are very different sizes. The male is 1/3 smaller than the female. You can’t tell them apart by color but you can tell them apart by size if they stand near each other.

  5. Male and females look similar, although the female is larger and heavier than the male. Juvenile peregrine falcons are brown with buff underparts streaked with black. The upperparts have pale edges to the feathers and the eye-ring and cere are duller than adults.

  6. Apr 30, 2024 · What do Peregrines look like? Peregrines have broad, pointed wings and a relatively short tail. The birds are blue-grey above, with a blackish top of the head and an obvious black ‘moustache’ that contrasts with its white face. Males are smaller with dashes on the wings and a clean, white breast.

  7. The peregrine falcon is sexually mature at one to three years of age, but in larger populations they breed after two to three years of age. A pair mates for life and returns to the same nesting spot annually. The courtship flight includes a mix of aerial acrobatics, precise spirals, and steep dives. [17]

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