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- Micrastur gilvicollis
Identification
Orange cere, white eye and the fine black barring on its breast.
Similar Species
It is distinguished from Barred Forest Falcon by its orange rather than yellow cere, its whitish rather than yellow to brown eye and the fine black barring on its breast not extending to its belly or flanks.
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia and Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Treated as a race of Barred Forest Falcon, M. ruficollis by some authors.
Habitat
Rainforest.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BirdForum member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lined Forest Falcon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lined_Forest_Falcon
External Links
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