Specimen information:

• Catalog number: MZB 2005-0925
• Scientific name : Falco peregrinus brookei Tunstall, 1771
• Element: skull
• Location: Balaguer
• Collecting date: 05/01/2005
• Sex: female
• Acquisition source: CRFS Vallcalent
• Acquisition Date: 28/06/2005
• Biometrics - skull: Width 67.6mm X Depth 39.5mm

Information about the species:

Chordata ,Vertebrata ,Aves ,Falconiformes ,Falconidae ,Falco ,Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 ,Falco peregrinus brookei

Description:

The Peregrine Falcon specializes in hunting birds of all sizes, from ducks and partridges, to pigeons and smaller passerines. Although it will hunt small mammals, reptiles and even insects, these do not form a large part of its diet. Its small rounded skull has a robust bill with a pointed tip, and is strongly down-curved. The upper part of the bill is serrated towards the tip, an adaptation that allows it kill its prey by cutting their spinal column at the neck.

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Information about 3D image:

• Picture Author: Jordi Cadevall
• Picture date: 10/12/2016
• Number of polygons: 2.0M
• Number of vertex: 1.0M