Gyrfalcon
Falco rusticolus
ORDER: FALCONIFORMES
FAMILY: FALCONIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
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The largest falcon in the world, the Gyrfalcon breeds in arctic and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere. It preys mostly on large birds, pursuing them in breathtakingly fast and powerful flight.