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Perlin (falconry)
Falconer's term for a hybrid of a peregrine falcon and a merlin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The word perlin is a falconer's term for a hybrid of a peregrine falcon and a merlin.[1] It is much bigger and faster than a merlin, but is not as big as a peregrine, so the quarry it takes varies from larger songbirds to small game birds such as hen pheasants. It is less likely to fly as high as a peregrine and usually rings close to the falconer. As a rule, the peregrine is the father and the merlin is the mother.
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Perlin | |
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Young perlin after a falconry training session | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Falconiformes |
Family: | Falconidae |
Subfamily: | Falconinae |
Genus: | Falco |
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Other hybrids may occur, such as 3/4 perlins, where there are three parts peregrine to one part merlin. Hybrids' percentages can be as varied as 50/50 to 7/8 and 15/16 perlins.