Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) [XC292042]
by id from Awash National Park, Ethiopia (call)
Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) [XC662432]
by Luca Forneris from Benfontein Nature Reserve, Lejweleputswa, Free State, South Africa (call, song)
Subspecies
Northern population sometimes separated as subspecies castanonotus, but poorly differentiated, although widely separated geographically.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
castanonotus (Heuglin, 1860) - Southern Sudan and Ethiopia to central Tanzania.
semitorquatus (Smith, A, 1836) - Discontinuously distributed acacia thornscrub of north-eastern and southern Africa.