Lined forest falcon

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Lined forest falcon
Lined Forest Falcon.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Micrastur
Species:
M. gilvicollis
Binomial name
Micrastur gilvicollis
(Vieillot, 1817)

The lined forest falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is endemic to humid forest in the western and northern Amazon Basin. Populations found in the south-eastern Amazon Basin (south of the Amazon River and east of the Madeira River) were formerly included in this species, but were described as a new species, the cryptic forest falcon, in 2003. Together with the plumbeous forest falcon of the Chocó, they are an example of a cryptic species complex. While adults of all three species have the deep orange-red facial skin and cere that separates them from the sympatric barred forest falcon, only the lined forest falcon has two white bars in the tail (in addition to a narrow white tail-tip). The species is listed by the IUCN as a species of least concern, indicating that populations are not in decline.[1]

History[]

Lined forest falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis) was not recognized as a distinct species until 1972, when Schwartz separated the special from Barred Forest-Falcon (M. ruficollis.) [2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Micrastur gilvicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22696281A93553538. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696281A93553538.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Klein, Bert C.; Bierregaard, Richard O. (May 1988). "Movement and Calling Behavior of the Lined Forest-Falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis) in the Brazilian Amazon". The Condor. 90 (2): 497–499. doi:10.2307/1368582. ISSN 1938-5129. JSTOR 1368582.


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