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Gyrfalcon Range Map

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Range Map for Gyrfalcon

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Migration

Resident to medium-distance migrant. Most Gyrfalcons that breed below 70 degrees latitude are probably year-round residents. Those that breed farther north migrate south for the winter.

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Falcons and Caracaras(Order: Falconiformes, Family: Falconidae)

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