European robin vs Peregrine falcon
They share the class Aves but sit in different orders: European robin in Passeriformes, Peregrine falcon in Falconiformes.
Photo: Francis C. Franklin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Georges Lignier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a European robin and a peregrine falcon?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- They share the class Aves but sit in different orders: European robin in Passeriformes, Peregrine falcon in Falconiformes.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
- They have been recorded in 95 of the same countries (the European robin in 95 in total, the peregrine falcon in 229). Shared records include zoos, so this does not mean they meet in the wild.
Side by side
| European robin | Peregrine falcon | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Erithacus rubecula | Falco peregrinus |
| Family | Muscicapidae | Falconidae |
| Order | Passeriformes | Falconiformes |
| Weight | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | pigeon, gull, duck, passerines |
| Habitat | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | 95 | 229 |
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