What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Peregrine Falcon been recorded?

Falco peregrinus occurrence evidence comes from 308,165 records in 90 countries and territories, from 1838 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon — Photo (display-sized rendition): Mykola Swarnyk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesFalconiformesFalconidaeFalco

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

308,165 records across 90 countries and territories, 1838–2026.

Falco peregrinus · GBIF taxon key 2481047

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18382026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Peregrine Falcon has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Peregrine Falcon. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 211,390
Belgium 68,291
United States 20,351
Canada 1,967
Austria 1,814
United Kingdom 1,313
Spain 593
Mexico 505
Germany 414
Georgia 375
Colombia 230
Australia 187
South Korea 118
Luxembourg 113
Argentina 87
Russia 43
Costa Rica 32
France 22
Italy 20
Netherlands 19
South Africa 19
Uganda 18
Mongolia 13
Taiwan 11
Brazil 10
Chile 10
Israel 10
Peru 10
India 9
Andorra 8
Ecuador 8
Portugal 8
Ireland 7
Denmark 6
Greece 6
Japan 6
Panama 6
Senegal 6
Dominican Republic 5
Hong Kong 5

Showing the top 40 of 90 places.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.