Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), USA, Venezuela.

Vagrant to Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

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

Population
Estimated population is 200,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) [XC880841]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Reserva do Setor S\u00edtio de Recreio Cara\u00edbas-Goi\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call)

Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) [XC186290]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Cafel\u00e2ndia, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (alarm call)

Subspecies
Closely allied to Orange-breasted Falcon (Falco deiroleucus) and Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

septentrionalis Todd, 1916 - Southern USA (Arizona, New Mexico and Texas) southern locally through Mexico to Guatemala.
femoralis Temminck, 1822 - Nicaragua and Belize through Panama to Colombia, east to the Guianas, and south through eastern Bolivia and Brazil to Argentina, extending south to Tierra del Fuego.
pichinchae Chapman, 1925 - Temperate zones of south-western Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and western Bolivia south to northern Chile and north-western Argentina (Tucum�n).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) - 10 files

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