Aplomado Falcon

Falco femoralis - Faucon aplomado

Systematics

Order
:
Falconiformes
Family
:
Falconidés
Genus
:
Falco
Species
:
femoralis

Descriptor

Temminck, 1822

Biometrics

Size
: 35 à 45 cm
Wingspan
: 102 à 122 cm.
Weight
: 500 à 975 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Falco femoralis femoralis (Nicaragua through South America to Tierra del Fuego)
Falco femoralis septentrionalis (sw USA to Honduras)
Falco femoralis pichinchae (Andes from Colombia to n Chile and nw Argentina)

Foreign names

Faucon aplomado,
Halcón aleto,
falcão-de-coleira,
Aplomadofalke,
Aplomodo-sólyom,
Aplomadovalk,
Falco aplomado,
aplomadofalk,
Aplomadofalk,
sokol aplomado,
ostříž aplomado,
Aplomadofalk,
keikarijalohaukka,
falcó cellut,
sokół rdzawobrewy,
melnkrūšu piekūns,
Южномексиканский сокол,
オナガハヤブサ,
黄眉隼,
黃腹隼,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Desert : Hot ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest