Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)

Buckley's Forest-falcon (Micrastur buckleyi) - HBW 2, p. 254

French: Carnifex de Buckley German: Traylorwaldfalke Spanish: Halcón montés de Buckley
Other common names: Lesser Collared/Traylor's Forest-falcon

Taxonomy: Micrastur melanoleucus buckleyi Swann, 1919, Sarayacu, Ecuador.
Known only from about a dozen specimens and a few sightings; formerly considered a variant of M. semitorquatus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Amazonian reaches of Ecuador and Peru; single record from SE Colombia; apparent recent record from Brazil (R Juruá, Acre) has now been withdrawn.