Bat Falcon

Falco rufigularis - Faucon des chauves-souris

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Daudin, 1800

Biometrics

Size
: 30 cm
Wingspan
: 51 à 58 cm.
Weight
: 110 à 242 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Falco rufigularis rufigularis (e Colombia through the Guianas to s Brazil and ne Argentina)
Falco rufigularis petoensis (Mexico to w Ecuador)
Falco rufigularis ophryophanes (e Bolivia to s Brazil, Paraguay and nw Argentina)

Foreign names

Faucon des chauves-souris,
Halcón murcielaguero,
cauré,
Fledermausfalke,
denevérsólyom,
Vleermuisvalk,
Falco dei pipistrelli,
fladdermusfalk,
Flaggermusfalk,
sokol netopierí,
ostříž rudobřichý,
Flagermusfalk,
pikkujalohaukka,
falcó dels ratpenats,
sokół białogardły,
Вечерний сокол,
コウモリハヤブサ,
食蝠隼,
fladdermusfalk,
蝠隼,

Voice song and call

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest