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Gyrfalcon
Gyrfalcon Gyr"fal`con, n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See Gyre, n., Falcon.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species F. Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of Accipiter. [Written also gerfalcon, gierfalcon, and jerfalcon.]

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- Diurnal Raptors (part 2). 465 pp. Dementiev, G. P. 1960. Der Gerfalke (Falco gyrfalco L. = Falco rusticolus L). Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei, no. 264. A. Ziemen Verlag...
- eagle, A. chrysaetos Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus Gyr falcon, F. gyrfalco Saker falcon, F. cherrug White-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla Snipe-billed...
- 1758 Synonyms: F. arcticus Holbøll, 1843 F. candicans Gmelin, 1788 F. gyrfalco Linnaeus, 1758 F. islandus Brünnich, 1764 F. obsoletus Gmelin, 1788 F....
- lanarius – perhaps a juvenile gyrfalcon Falco haliaetus – osprey Falco gyrfalco – synonym of the gyrfalcon Falco apivorus – European honey buzzard Falco...