Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae) - HBW 2
Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
French: Faucon des chauves souris
German: Fledermausfalke
Spanish: Halcón Murcielaguero
Taxonomy: Falco rufigularis Daudin, 1800, Cayenne.
May belong in F. subbuteo complex. Similarity to F. deiroleucus probably reflects a recent common ancestor rather than convergence. In past, alternatively labelled F. albigularis. Validity of race ophryophanes sometimes challenged. Northernmost populations sometimes awarded separate race, petrophilus. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- petoensis Chubb, 1918 - N Mexico (from Sonora E to Tamaulipas) S through Central America to Colombia, and W of Andes S to Ecuador.
- rufigularis Daudin, 1800 - E Colombia E to the Guianas and Trinidad, and S to S Brazil and N Argentina.
- ophryophanes (Salvadori, 1895) - tableland of C Brazil (Piauí S to Mato Grosso, São Paulo and Paraná) and adjacent Bolivia, Paraguay and N Argentina.
- Least Concern
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A bird looking for a prey Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso, Brazil (ssp ophryophanes)
Peter Nash 13 September 2004 2 years ago 58 sec 4.2 -
A bird on top of a trunk, flying off and returning with an insect prey Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp petoensis)
Richard Garrigues 19 June 2005 3 years ago 40 sec 4 -
A bird eating a prey on a TV antenna Santa Fé, Darién Province, Panama (ssp petoensis)
Charlotte Elton 30 November 2007 1 year ago 30 sec 3.9 -
A bird on the wing catching a bat, and flying and calling with its prey in the talons, with a repetition in slow motion (25%). Sima de las Cotorras, Selva El Ocote Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp petoensis)
Josep del Hoyo 6 April 2009 33 weeks ago 59 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a branch preening Puerto Colombia, Aragua, Venezuela (ssp rufigularis)
Keith Blomerley 2 March 2006 3 years ago 26 sec 3.8 -
An individual looking down from a tree top Cuyuni River Road, Bolívar, Venezuela (ssp rufigularis)
David Ascanio 30 April 2003 2 years ago 14 sec 3.5
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A bird on a snag eating an insect. Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso, Brazil (ssp ophryophanes)
Nick Athanas 18 August 2005 1 year ago 4.4 -
Perched male hunting butterflies Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern)
Nathaniel Wander 7 October 2010 18 weeks ago 2.9 -
perched on a dead tree in the middle of the Palo Seco oilfield Palo Seco, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Sanjiv Parasram 1 October 2009 8 weeks ago 2
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Calls from a perched bird in a forest island surrounded by savannah. Beni, Bolivia
(ssp ophryophanes)
Bradley Davis 8 October 2006 14 weeks ago 3
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