Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Aplomado Falcon*
Id (Atlas):
Falco femoralis
Description (10 )
Aplomado Falcon
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Family
Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)
Size
36 - 45 cm
Wingspan: 110 cm
First Described (Guide )
Temminck, 1822
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).
Population
Estimated population is 200,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)... )
Listen to XC345394
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis ) [XC345394 ]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from La Verde, Estancia El Cutal, Beni Department, Bolivia (alarm call)
Listen to XC223018
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis ) [XC223018 ]
by Dan Lane from Abra Barra Negro, Amazonas, Peru (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 (Tucumán).
References
See References .
Files:
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For more information about the Aplomado Falcon see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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