Summary
A single bird at the golf course on November 8th, 2016. A pair were at the golf course in early November 2017 and were seen nightly hunting in the floodlights around dusk. The local name ‘shaheen' is also the name of the KAUST super computer, so named because the peregrine is the fastest moving animal.
Peregrine Falcon (Falcon peregrinus)Status in KAUSTAbundance in KAUSTPlaces seen in KAUST | Example Image![]() Image from Shutterstock |
Seasonality in KAUST (number of years since KAUST's founding when this species was observed in a given month):
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |