How to Use gyrfalcon in a Sentence

gyrfalcon

noun

• Aurora was a white phase gyrfalcon, a rare type of a rare species.
  — Ryan Prior, CNN, 2019-10-02
• Peregrine falcons, a smaller bird, can dive faster, but lack the body weight of a gyrfalcon.
  — John Schandelmeier, Alaska Dispatch News, 2017-09-16
• For example, kings could fly gyrfalcons, and servants could fly kestrels.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 2019-11-15
• Only 3 percent of falcons are gyrfalcons, and only 1 percent of them are white.
  — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 2019-10-03
• US Army cadets accidentally injured the Air Force’s gyrfalcon.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's magazine, 2019-01-10
• Emperors flew eagles and vultures; kings flew gyrfalcons; and ladies flew merlins, a species favored by Mary, Queen of Scots, in the 16th century.
  — Kate Donnelly, Travel + Leisure, 2020-04-22
• The Science Channel had a whale of a week chock-full of stories on animals: Peregrine falcons and gyrfalcon are fighting for food and territory in Greenland, a preview of battles to come on our fast-warming planet.
  — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 2017-07-26
• Kitty currently is licensed to educate, breed, educate and hunt with her wards, now numbering 19 including a golden eagle, a European kestrel, a gyrfalcon and a Eurasian eagle owl, one of the largest owls in existence.
  — Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2018-05-06