gyrfalcon

Japanese: gyrfalcon
gyrfalcon

…Outside of Japan, it is widely distributed from northwestern Africa to Britain and Eurasia. The Gyrfalcon , larger than the Peregrine Falcon , breeds in the polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and a small number of them migrate to Japan as winter birds. Its whole body is white with black spots, and depending on the number of spots, some individuals look white while others look black. …

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Japanese:

…国外ではアフリカ北西部からイギリス,ユーラシアに広く分布している。ハヤブサより大型のシロハヤブサF.rusticolus(英名gyrfalcon)は北半球の極地で繁殖し,日本には冬鳥として少数が渡ってくる。全身白地に黒い斑があり,その斑の多少によって白く見える個体から黒く見えるものまでさまざまである。…

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