peale's falcon

peale's falcon
\\ˈpē(ə)lz-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized P
Etymology: after Titian R. Peale died 1885 American naturalist
: a medium-sized hawk of western No. America that constitutes a dark variety (Falco peregrinus pealei) of the duck hawk — compare peregrine falcon

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