Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)

Slaty-backed Forest-falcon (Micrastur mirandollei) - HBW 2, p. 254

French: Carnifex ardoisé German: Graurücken Waldfalke Spanish: Halcón montés Dorsigrís

Taxonomy: Astur mirandollei Schlegel, 1862, Surinam.
Birds from NW of range have occasionally been placed in separate race, extimus, but not normally recognized. Monotypic.

Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia (including W slope of Andes) through the Guianas and Amazonia to E Brazil (Espírito Santo).