Slaty-backed Forest-falcon (Micrastur mirandollei)

Family
Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)

Size
46 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Schlegel, 1862)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia (including western slope of Andes) through the Guianas and Amazonia to eastern Brazil (Espírito Santo).

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

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Slaty-backed Forest Falcon (Micrastur mirandollei) [XC303187]
by Ottavio Janni from Caracara\u00ed, Roraima, Brazil (song)

Slaty-backed Forest Falcon (Micrastur mirandollei) [XC264380]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Orellana: Payamino, Ecuador (call, alternate calls)

Subspecies
Birds from north-west of range have occasionally been placed in separate subspecies, extimus, but not normally recognized.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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