compiled by Bart Goemaere and William J. Higginson
NAME | LANGUAGE | COUNTRY | CONTRIBUTOR |
slegvalk |
Afrikaans |
South Africa |
B.G. |
shaheen | Arabic | various | B.G. |
slechtvalk | Dutch | Netherlands | B.G. |
peregrine falcon | English | various | B.G. |
faucon pèlerin | French | various | B.G. |
wanderfalke | German | various | B.G. |
kiinaaleeraq | Greenland | B.G. | |
ferdafalkur | Faroe Islands | B.G. | |
förufalki | Icelandic | Iceland | B.G. |
falco pellegrino | Italian | Italy | B.G. |
shahin | Indian | India | B.G. |
falco peregrinus | Latin | B.G. | |
vandrefalk | Nordish-Danish | Norway / Denmark | B.G. |
sapsan | Russian | Russia | B.G. |
halcón común | Spanish | various | B.G. |
pilgrimsfalk | Swedish | Sweden | B.G. |
valluru (generic term) | Tamil | Sri Lanka | B.G. |
kurulla-goya (generic term for raptors - kurulla means bird; goya means hawk) | Sinhalese | Sri Lanka | B.G. |
hayabusa | Japanese | Japan | W.G.H. |
karimpullu | Malayalam | India | W.G.H. |
noded | Hebrew | Israel | W.G.H. |
peregrino | Portugese / Spanish | Brazil / Mexico | W.G.H. |
perigkrin | Greek (modern) | Greece | W.G.H. |
ukhetshe | Xhosa | South Africa | W.G.H. |
yóusßn | Chinese (Pekin) | China | W.G.H. |
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