White-rumped Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax insignis)

Other Names (World)
White-rumped Pygmy-falcon, White-rumped Falcon, Fielden's Falconet

Family
Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)

Size
25 - 26.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Walden, 1872

Habitat
Wooded grasslands and open forest, chiefly deciduous dipterocarp and mixed deciduous forest of the plains and foothills. From sea-level - 915 m.

Range (Guide)

Cambodia (B) (NB), Laos (B) (NB), Myanmar (B) (NB), Thailand (B) (NB), Vietnam (B) (NB).

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Forest clearance and degradation, hunting are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

White-rumped Falcon (Polihierax insignis) [XC88888]
by Frank Lambert from Sorng Rokavorn Community Forest, Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia (call, calls (song?))

White-rumped Falcon (Polihierax insignis) [XC88889]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Sorng Rokavorn Community Forest, Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia (call, calls (song?))

Subspecies
Sometimes awarded separate, monotypic genus, Neohierax. Racial variation slight. Validity of subspecies requires reassessment.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

insignis Walden, 1872 - Western and central Burma, especially in valley of R Irrawaddy.
cinereiceps Baker, ECS, 1927 - Southern Burma (Tenasserim) and Thailand.
harmandi (Oustalet, 1876) - Southern Indochina, in southern and central Laos, southern Vietnam (southern Annam, Cochinchina) and Kampuchea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-rumped Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax insignis) - 10 files

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