Bat Falcon

Falco rufigularis - Faucon des chauves-souris

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Falconiformes

  • Family
    :

    Falconidés

  • Genus
    :

    Falco

  • Species
    :

    rufigularis

Descriptor

Daudin, 1800

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 30 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 51 à 58 cm.
  • Weight
    : 110 à 242 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Faucon des chauves-souris
adult
Faucon des chauves-souris
adult

Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis) is a species of bird in the Falconidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Falco rufigularis rufigularis (e Colombia through the Guianas to s Brazil and ne Argentina)
  • Falco rufigularis petoensis (Mexico to w Ecuador)
  • Falco rufigularis ophryophanes (e Bolivia to s Brazil, Paraguay and nw Argentina)

Foreign names

  • Faucon des chauves-souris,
  • Halcón murcielaguero,
  • cauré,
  • Fledermausfalke,
  • denevérsólyom,
  • Vleermuisvalk,
  • Falco dei pipistrelli,
  • fladdermusfalk,
  • Flaggermusfalk,
  • sokol netopierí,
  • ostříž rudobřichý,
  • Flagermusfalk,
  • pikkujalohaukka,
  • falcó dels ratpenats,
  • sokół białogardły,
  • Вечерний сокол,
  • コウモリハヤブサ,
  • 食蝠隼,
  • 蝠隼,

Voice song and cries

Faucon des chauves-souris
adult

Habitat

Faucon des chauves-souris
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 20-11-2008
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