White-rumped 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).

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) [XC87984]
by Frank Lambert from Andong Bor Community Forest, Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia (call, excited calls)

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 Falcon (Polihierax insignis) - 10 files

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