Red-naped shaheen

Red-naped shaheen
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes
Family:	Falconidae
Genus:	Falco
Species:	F. peregrinus
Subspecies:	F. p. babylonicus
Trinomial name
Falco peregrinus babylonicus P.L. Sclater, 1861
The 9th item on the list of peregrine falcon subspecies

The red-naped shaheen (Falco peregrinus babylonicus) is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon, which is one of the fastest animals on Earth. The subspecies is distributed from Mongolia, Kazakhstan to India and Iran.^[2]

Etymology

Linguists^[3] said that the Persian word شاهین (shaheen) is derived from the older world سئن (sa'en), meaning "big bird of prey".

Gallery

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  A male red-naped shaheen by its nest in Kerman, Kerman province, Iran
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  Female red-naped shaheen flying above a nest in Kerman
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  Red-naped chicks waiting for food in Kerman
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  A chick exercising around its nest preparing to fly in Kerman
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  Waiting while their mother left the nest for having a meal nearby in Kerman

References

1. "Appendices". CITES. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
2. Hoyo, Josep del; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Cabot, José, eds. (1992). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-87334-10-8.
3. MacKenzie, David N. (1379). Farhang-i kūčak-i zabān-i Pahlawī [A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary]. Pazhūhišgāh-i ʿUlūm-i Insānī wa Muṭālaʿāt-i Farhangī. Translated by Mīr Faḫrāyī, Mahšīd (Čāp-i duwwum ed.). Tihrān: Pažūhišgāh-i ʿUlūm-i Insānī wa Muṭālaʿāt-i Farhangī. ISBN 978-964-426-076-6.