2023 Peregrine Falcon Status Assessment, Sustainable Take Rate, and Take Limits

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2023 Peregrine Falcon Status Assessment, Sustainable Take Rate, and Take Limits

This is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Final Report: 2023 Peregrine Falcon Status Assessment, Sustainable Take Rate, and Take Limits. The purpose of this report is to provide an updated assessment of the status of North American peregrine falcons to inform discussions of possible changes to the current take strategy.

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A large bird with brown feathers, white head, and yellow beak flies against a pale blue sky
The Migratory Bird Program works with partners to protect, restore and conserve bird populations and their habitats for the benefit of future generations by: ensuring long-term ecological sustainability of all migratory bird populations, increasing socioeconomic benefits derived from birds,...
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Falcon with grey plumage, grey cheek patches, and yellow and grey beak in mid-flight.

Medium to large falcon, with bluish-gray upperparts (becoming more blackish on head) in adults, variable-width blackish facial stripe extending down from eye across malar, this stripe usually set off by pale auriculars or "cheek," but pattern sometimes obscured if cheek all dark; underparts...

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Migratory birds