It includes caucasicus and most specimens of the proposed race punicus, though others may be pelegrinoides, Barbary Falcons ( see also below ), or perhaps the rare hybrids between these two which might occur around Algeria.

Barbary Falcons breed at different times of year than neighboring Peregrine Falcon subspecies, but there are no postzygotic reproduction barriers in place.

In short, though they occupy adjacent territories, they breed at different times of year and Barbary Falcons virtually never breed with Peregrines in nature.

The presumed time of divergence between Peregrine and Barbary Falcons approximately coincides with the start of the last ice age, when desertification was prominent in North Africa and the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf became a landlocked inland sea that slowly dried up.

Birds include the rare Audouin's gull, Cormorants, Peregrine Falcons and the Barbary Partridge.

On the United States ' suppression in the First Barbary War of the Muslim Barbary Pirates along the southern Mediterranean coast, who kidnapped Christians for ransom and slavery, Pope Pius VII declared that the United States “ had done more for the cause of Christianity than the most powerful nations of Christendom have done for ages .”

In an interesting recent development, an elderly trawler, TS Pelican, was fitted with what are thought to have been the unorthodox riggings used by the Barbary pirates in the 16th century.

Some say the sailor had fond memories of trips to North Africa, some have said he had a friend that had been captured by the Barbary Pirates and was imprisoned in old Mogador and others have speculated that popular literature of that era was the Arabian Nights and the mysterious markets on the North African coast.

Numerous subspecies of Falco peregrinus have been described, with 19 accepted by the 1994 Handbook of the Birds of the World, which considers the Barbary Falcon of the Canary Islands and coastal north Africa to be two subspecies ( pelegrinoides and babylonicus ) of Falco peregrinus, rather than a distinct species, F. pelegrinoides.

Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Sterett in honor of Master Commandant Andrew Sterett ( 1778 – 1807 ), who served during the Quasi-War with France and the Barbary Wars.

Scholars have noted that many Moriscos joined the Barbary Corsairs, who had a network of bases from Morocco to Libya.

… I am a Kentish man, born in a town called Gillingham, two English miles from Rochester, one mile from Chatham, where the King's ships do lie: from the age of twelve years old, I was brought up in Limehouse near London, being Apprentice twelve years to Master Nicholas Diggins ; and myself have served for Master and Pilot in her Majesty's ships ; and about eleven or twelve years have served the Worshipfull Company of the Barbary Merchants, until the Indish traffic from Holland began, in which Indish traffic I was desirous to make a little experience of the small knowledge which God had given me.

Two tailless species of macaque have common names including " ape ": the Barbary ape of North Africa ( introduced into Gibraltar ), Macaca sylvanus, and the Sulawesi black ape or Celebes crested macaque, M. nigra.

The fledgling nation did not have the funds to pay annual tribute to the Barbary states, so their ships were vulnerable for capture after 1785.

He even goes so far as to have his brother kidnapped for sale as a slave in Barbary to ensure that he never reveals the truth.

A possible influence for the Corsairs of Umbar may have been pirates of the North-African Barbary Coast who used to act as auxiliary troops for the Ottoman Empire.

The African Collared Dove is the species thought to be the wild ancestor of the domestic Barbary Dove, though some suggest the Eurasian Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decaocto ) may also have been involved.

It is reported to have been introduced into New Zealand, but it is more likely that the birds there are descended from domestic Barbary Doves.

The Barbary Macaques may have originated from an escape of North African animals transported to Spain ; it is also possible that the original Gibraltar macaques are a remnant of populations that are known to have spread throughout Southern Europe during the Pliocene, up to 5. 5 million years ago.

Some animals of the Rock have been reintroduced by the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park who have three Barbary macaques.

Jan Janszoon, ( Murat Reis the Younger ) is said to have taken 400 prisoners ; 242 of the captives later were sold into slavery on the Barbary Coast.

In the 17th century the castle's lord, Sir Roland Rhys, a former pirate captain, is alleged to have kept a Barbary Ape, most likely a mandrill, inside the castle.

A full-size " prop " locomotive used for scenes in the locomotive cab was said to have been furnished by: " Barbary Coast Hoyt Hotel ", Portland, Oregon ( data given at start of one of the shows, episode 147 ).

As well as Siberian and Bengal tigers, there are small cats, monkeys, Malayan tapirs, Barbary Lions, which have just given birth to two cubs, African Hunting Dogs and many more rare and endangered species, some of which are on the circular walk.

Tom Strong # 31 and # 32, " The Black Blade of the Barbary Coast " parts 1 & 2, feature albino pirate Captain Zodiac seeking the " Black Blade ", a black cutlass marked with red runes.

Due to its past legacy as the Barbary Coast, Broadway east of Columbus, grew to be the home of the city's red light district and striptease clubs.

The building was constructed of Cumbrian sandstone, the interior a delicately-shaded ' Shawk ' stone ( from Dalston, varying in colour between sand and a range of pinks ) and the exterior, dark red Barbary stone from Penrith, built around an internal steel framed structure and brick arched flooring.

The red ' Barbary plain ' sandstone, which Champneys believed ' had every chance of proving durable ' for the exterior, was an unusual choice in late Victorian Manchester.

The featured species in this section of the zoo are Siberian tigers, snow leopards, Przewalski's wild horses, red pandas, Barbary apes, and Bactrian camels.

They, and two less well-known brothers, all became Barbary corsairs ; they were called the Barbarossas ( Italian for Redbeards ) after the red beard of Oruç, the eldest.

The Western Mediterranean Red-legged and Barbary Partridges with their spotted neck collar are slightly more distant relatives.

The Barbary Falcon differ in appearance from the Peregrine Falcon according to Gloger's Rule.

Experts recognize 17 to 19 subspecies which vary in appearance and range ; there is disagreement over whether the distinctive Barbary Falcon is represented by two subspecies of Falco peregrinus, or is a separate species, F. pelegrinoides.

* 1540 8 September – Corsairs from the Barbary Coast ( ruled by Barbarossa ) landed at Gibraltar in sixteen galleys, looting the town and taking away many captives.

Barbary pirates from North Africa became an increasing problem.

He had witnessed the Barbary Wars against the Islamic pirates of North Africa, and the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Turks.

Before Independence, American merchant ships were protected from the Barbary pirates by the naval and diplomatic influence of Great Britain.

The song, known as " When the Warrior Returns ", written in honor of Stephen Decatur and Charles Stewart on their return from the First Barbary War.

It is believed, that those lions, which were imported to Europe until the middle of the 19th century, were mainly Barbary lions from North Africa or lions from the Cape.

* P. l. leo, known as the Barbary lion, originally ranged from Morocco to Egypt.

Fifteen to 20 riderless horses, originally imported from the Barbary Coast of North Africa, ran the length of the Via del Corso, a long, straight city street, in about 2½ minutes.

The Barbary corsairs were pirates and privateers that operated from North African ( the " Barbary Coast ") ports of Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli and ports in Morocco, preying on shipping in the western Mediterranean Sea from the time of the Crusades as well as on ships on their way to Asia around Africa until the early 19th century.

Fifteen to 20 riderless horses, originally imported from the Barbary Coast of North Africa, ran the length of the Via del Corso, a long, straight city street, in about 2½ minutes.

As happened in the previous conflict, even before the formal outbreak of war, the English tried to intercept the Dutch Smyrna Fleet, a yearly convoy of Dutch merchants from the Levant sailing with a flotilla to protect them from the Barbary Corsairs.

The geographical term Barbary or Barbary Coast, and the name of the Barbary pirates based on that coast ( and who were not necessarily Berbers ) were also derived from it.

The term has also been used to refer to people from Barbary, a region encompassing most of North Africa.

The name of the region, Barbary, comes from the Arabic word Barbar, possibly from the Latin word barbaricum, meaning " land of the barbarians ".

In 1808, the name was changed to Somers to honor Richard Somers, a naval captain from New Jersey, who died in combat during the First Barbary War.

Controversy exists over the ancestry of the Godolphin Arabian ; some writers referred to him as a Barb, because of his believed country of origin, Tunisia, on the Barbary Coast, but portraits, showing a horse with a high-carried tail and dished profile, features that differentiate Arabians from Barbs, lead experts to believe he was more likely an Arabian.