Wild peregrine falcon pairs (Falco peregrinus brookei) have been observed from courtship until fledgling stage. We analyse the typology of the food bringing behaviour and put forward explanations about the motivation underlying this behaviour throughout the breeding period. According to the stage of the breeding period and to the sex involved, the motivation underlying the food bringing behaviour is different. (i) During courtship, the males, physically dominated by the females in landed interactions, may learn to bring prey to make the contact easier with the mate. (ii) In the course of incubation, if the males perform food transfers they are more likely to incubate than if they beg for a brooding turn. Therefore, during incubation what motivates males' food bringing may be to incubate. (iii) As soon as the eggs are pipped, the food bringing from males and females are performed to feed the offspring. Until the fledgling stage, the possibility of a male reaching the young depends on the females' control: males transfer food to females in order to give food to the young. This study stresses the influence of male - female relationships upon the expression of the parental behaviour of the male peregrine. The dominance of the female over the male - linked to reversed sexual size dimorphism - should be necessary to manage the duty schedule since it prevents the occurrence of conflicts harmful to the offspring.