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A Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus from an Uyghur well in Karabalgasun (Ordu-Baliq), Central Mongolia

, 2023
A partial skeleton of a female Gyrfalcon, dated at 1044–1214 AD, was excavated in an abandoned well in Karabalgasun, Central Mongolia. Karabalgasun lies in the Orkhon Valley, a landscape of special symbolic, political and spiritual significance in the ...
Hutterer, Rainer, Rohland, Hendrik, Erdenebat, Ulambayar, Franken, Christina, Töpfer, Till, Batbayar, Tumurochir   +5 more
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Investigating admixture and selection in gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), saker falcon (Falco cherrug) and their hybrids using comparative whole-genome sequencing analysis

, 2021
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) and saker falcon (Falco cherrug) are closely related species and iconic avian apex predators that play crucial ecological roles in their habitats across Eurasia and North America.
FAROOQ OMAR MAAN AL-AJLI (11557168)
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Evolutionary Relationships and Genetic Diversity in the Southern Siberian Populations of the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug), a Young and Endangered Species

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Studying intraspecific differentiation in closely related species is essential to clarify the phylogenetic relationships and mechanisms of early stage speciation, particularly in evolutionarily young lineages affected by human-driven population declines.
Daria Nikolaevna Rozhkova, Elena Pavlovna Shnayder, Valentina Georgievna Tambovtseva, Igor Vyacheslavovich Karyakin, Alla Veniaminovna Blekhman, Oleg Evgenievich Lazebny, Svetlana Yuryevna Sorokina, Ludmila Sergeevna Zinevich, Alexey Mikhailovich Kulikov   +8 more
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Falcon Nest Occupancy and Hatch Success Near Two Diamond Mines in the Southern Arctic, Northwest Territories

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2013
Sensitivity to anthropogenic disturbance in conjunction with slow population recovery has raised conservation concerns over impacts to raptor species from industrial development in pristine areas of their North American breeding range.
Daniel W. Coulton, John A. Virgl, Colleen English   +2 more
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[On the origin of the name Girifalco, an Italian town in a hotspot of the autumn migration of soaring raptors]

Natural History Sciences
In this article, a hypothesis is suggested on the origin of the name Girifalco, a small town in the Calabrian Apennines (southern continental Italy), located along an important flyway of raptors migrating through the Central Mediterranean. In particular,
Nicolantonio Agostini, Gianpasquale Chiatante, Alberto Canobbio   +2 more
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Overview of criminal cases concerning illegal withdrawal of wild falcons and related prosecutions in Russia and neighboring countries

Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2018
This article was prepared according on the analysis of the situation with the poaching and smuggling of falcons (Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus, Saker Falcon F. cherrug and Peregrine Falcon F. peregrinus) in Russia and near abroad countries in 2016–2017. The
Elvira G. Nikolenko
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 299-322, May 2026.
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
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Quantifying the global legal trade in live CITES-listed raptors and owls for commercial purposes over a 40-year period [RETRACTED VERSION]

Avocetta, 2019
This paper has been retracted by the authors that found an error in the dataset, eventually partially affecting the results. A retraction letter is published in Avocetta 44.2 (Issue released on December 2020) Original Abstract: The global wildlife trade
Connor T. Panter, Eleanor D. Atkinson, Rachel L. White   +2 more
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Nonrandom territory occupancy by nesting Gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus)

Arctic Science, 2019
We know little regarding how specific aspects of habitat influence spatial variation in site occupancy by Arctic wildlife, yet this information is fundamental to effective conservation.
David L. Anderson, Peter J. Bente, Travis L. Booms, Leah Dunn, Christopher J.W. McClure   +4 more
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Gyrfalcon Breeding Biology In Alaska [PDF]

, 2010
Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010This dissertation addresses specific research needs identified by a panel of experts on Gyrfalcon biology and conservation convened on 3 September, 2003 at the Raptor Research Foundation Scientific
Booms, Travis L.
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