ALGERIA
Face value
10 dinars
Metal steel
and aluminum
Mintage ***
pieces
In circulation
since 1992
Barbary Falcon (Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides)
Inhabits
locally northern Africa from Morocco and Mauritania, east across Algeria,
Tunisia, and southern Niger to northern Kenya, Sudan, Egypt, Near East, Iraq,
western Iran, northern Somalia, and Arabia. Found in semi-desert, desert, dry
steppe, and rocky regions.
A small falcon
approximately has the size of a large pigeon. Adult's back and wings are a pale
bluish grey. The chest and under parts are a pale rufous color with slight
barring. The crown is mixed with rusty red and the nape is bright rufous
chestnut.
The Barbary
falcon is a desert-adapted falcon. They nest on cliffs in barren country,
favoring semi-desert areas with rocky hills, desert foothills, and barren
mountain slopes up to 2500 m (8200 ft.).