Barred Forest-falcon (Micrastur ruficollis)

Family
Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)

Size
38 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, plantations. From sea-level - 2,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)...)

Barred Forest Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) [XC602990]
by Fabrice Schmitt from Road between El Valle and Altos del Maria, Panama (song)

Barred Forest Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) [XC548879]
by Caio Brito from Estrada do Pico do Diamante, Campos do Jord\u00e3o, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Until recently considered to include Lined Forest-falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis), but voice and morphology support specific status for Lined Forest-falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis), which is widely sympatric with present species.

Possible subspecies oaxacae and kalinowskii currently included in subspecies guerilla and zonothorax respectively.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

guerilla Cassin, 1848 - Southern Mexico to Nicaragua.
interstes Bangs, 1907 - Costa Rica and Panama to western Colombia and western Ecuador.
zonothorax (Cabanis, 1866) - Colombia and Venezuela, in eastern Andean foothills, southern perhaps to Bolivia.
concentricus (Lesson, R, 1830) - Southern Venezuela, the Guianas and Amazonia.
ruficollis (Vieillot, 1817) - South of Amazonia in Brazil, Paraguay and north-central and north-eastern Argentina.
olrogi Amadon, 1964 - North-western Argentina, in subtropical forests.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Barred Forest-falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) - 10 files

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