Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) [XC662431]
by Rick Nuttall from Benfontein Nature Reserve, Lejweleputswa, Free State, South Africa (call, song)
Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) [XC833790]
by Andrew Spencer from Karas Region, Namibia (call)
Subspecies
Northern population sometimes separated as subspecies castanonotus, but poorly differentiated, although widely separated geographically.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
castanonotus (Heuglin, 1860) - Southern Sudan and Ethiopia to central Tanzania.
semitorquatus (Smith, A, 1836) - Discontinuously distributed acacia thornscrub of north-eastern and southern Africa.