Shaheen falcon
| Shaheen falcon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes |
| Family: | Falconidae |
| Genus: | Falco |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | F. p. peregrinator |
| Trinomial name | |
| Falco peregrinus peregrinator Sundevall, 1837 | |
| Distribution limits based on Döttlinger (2002) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Shaheen falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator), also known as the Indian peregrine or black Shaheen, is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon found in South Asia in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, most states of India and in Sri Lanka, extending to south-eastern China. It has also been described as a migratory subspecies. The word shaheen in these names may also be spelled as shahin. This species was termed as the black shaheen by falconers to separate it from the true shaheen of Persian literature.