{"id":94230,"date":"2026-03-22T11:44:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T06:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=94230"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:45:19","slug":"shaheen-falcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shaheen-falcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaheen Falcon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Shaheen Falcon Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a pair of Shaheen falcons found nesting in a multi-storey residential complex under construction in Kochi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Shaheen Falcon<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Shaheen falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator) is a <\/span><b>non-migratory<\/b> <b>subspecies of<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Peregrine falcon.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Appearance<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The face is characterised by a dark vertical stripe from the eye to the side of the face, which often gives the bird a severe appearance.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bird has a muscular body \u2014 with the <\/span><b>female being larger than the male.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found on <\/span><b>rocky and hilly regions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on cliffs and rock pinnacles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This small but powerful-looking falcon is <\/span><b>found mainly in the Indian subcontinent.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These birds have also been reported from the <\/span><b>Andaman and Nicobar Islands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Bay of Bengal.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Food Habits:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It eats chiefly birds; occasionally mammals, including bats, rats, rabbits and voles; also insects, reptiles and exceptionally fish.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peregrines are <\/span><b>masters of the stoop<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (their hunting dives that can even exceed 300 kilometres per hour).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their bodies are shaped to generate high speeds and turn into a weapon when they go into hunt mode.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/a-pair-of-shaheen-falcons-have-chosen-a-kochi-highrise-to-build-their-nest\/article70757704.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaheen falcon, a non-migratory Peregrine subspecies, is found in the Indian subcontinent\u2019s rocky cliffs and hilly regions. 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