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Black-thighed Falconet - BirdForum Opus

Microhierax fringillarius
Photo by pohsp

Identification

Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius )

(treated as a race of Collared Falconet M. caerulescens by some authors)

Range: Southern Asia: breed in southern Tenasserim, peninsular Thailand and Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali and Borneo. Now scarce in Java and Bali. Resident.

Habitat: Forest edge and secondary-growth woodland up to 1,200m, sometimes close to human habitation.

Photographed: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.

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