Lined Forest-Falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis)

Family
Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)

Size
35 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Eastern Colombia through southern Venezuela to the Guianas, and southern throughout Amazonia.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (58)...)

Lined Forest Falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis) [XC891109]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Wild Sumaco Lodge, Cant\u00f3n Archidona, Napo, Ecuador (song)

Lined Forest Falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis) [XC38879]
by Alexandre Renaudier from Manu Wildlife Centre, Madre de Dios, Peru (song)

Subspecies
Recently split as valid species from Barred Forest-Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis). Often considered to include Plumbeous Forest-falcon (Micrastur plumbeus) as a subspecies.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lined Forest-Falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis) - 10 files

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