Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) - HBW 2, p. 251
French: Macagua rieur
German: Lachfalke
Spanish: Halcón Reidor
Taxonomy: Falco cachinnans Linnaeus (ex Rolander MS), 1758, Surinam.
Distinctive genus, most closely allied with Micrastur, sometimes awarded its own tribe or even subfamily. Different authors recognize 2 6 races: possible race excubitor included within chapmani; maestus and fulvescens within nominate. Three subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chapmani Bangs & Penard, 1918 - Mexico (S Sonora and San Luis Potosí) S to Honduras.
- cachinnans (Linnaeus, 1758) - Nicaragua to Colombia and S to Peru and C Brazil.
- queribundus Bangs & Penard, 1919 - E Bolivia and E Brazil (S to São Paulo) to Paraguay and N Argentina.
- Least Concern
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A bird on a dead branch, calling Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp chapmani)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 3 years ago 54 sec 3.9 -
A bird on a dead branch, bobbing the head Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp chapmani)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 3 years ago 32 sec 3.6 -
A bird perched in a tree and taking off. La Ensenada Lodge, Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Eldert Groenewoud 25 February 2006 32 weeks ago 28 sec 3.5 -
A distant bird calling continuously Emas National Park, Goiás, Brazil (ssp queribundus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 2 years ago 37 sec 3.5 -
Laughing Falcon perched in tree Cayo District, Belize (ssp chapmani)
Wayne Hall 9 February 2009 1 year ago 37 sec 3.3 -
A bird on a broken branch, looking around Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp chapmani)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 3 years ago 31 sec 3.2
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A bird perched on a tree. Quebradas, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 12 November 2009 36 weeks ago 4.4 -
A bird perched on a Cecropia tree. Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 2 September 2009 46 weeks ago 4.3 -
bird on a branch Tayrona National Natural Park, Magdalena, Colombia
mauricio rueda 8 October 2009 40 weeks ago 3.6 -
Close-up of a bird´s head. Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 2 September 2009 40 weeks ago 3.6 -
Adult - Perched Mana, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 22 December 2008 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.3 -
Sierra San Luis. Bajando de Cerro Galicia. Falcón, Venezuela
kperezleon 23 February 2009 1 year ago 3.3
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song. Serra de Baturité, Ceará, Brazil
(ssp cachinnans)
Ciro Albano 3 September 2005 1 year ago 4.7 -
Song of two birds Guatemala, Kourou, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 29 May 2010 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
a pair of calling Laughing Falcons could be heard inside the forest from one of the trails. Domitila Private Wildlife Reserve, Lake Nicaragua, Granada, Nicaragua
Nancy Collins 4 January 2010 27 weeks ago 3
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