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Description: | The Gyrfalcon has always been a popular bird with falconers due to it's large size and distinctive colouration. In medieval times only emperors and kings were allowed to own them, and the birds have always attracted a certain prestige. Until relatively recently there was no captive breeding and the demand for Gyrfalcons was supplied with birds captured in the wild. Prices could be very high, with wealthy falconers paying tens of thousands of pounds for a white Gyrfalcon.
No of males: 1, Age: mature, Form: mount | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.vertebratezoology.27374 | Go to resource |
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