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Barred forest falcon

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439: 711: 44: 701:'s Maya Project. The species nests in tree cavities, almost always natural ones but sometimes those excavated by woodpeckers. Estimated heights were 10 to 30 m (33 to 98 ft) above the ground. Both nest territory and mate fidelity are high. The clutch size is two to six eggs and the female alone incubates. The incubation period is 33 to 35 days and time to fledging averages 38 days. Both parents provision the nestlings but the male provides about 2/3 of the effort. 122: 244: 80: 680:, they often hunt prey by sitting quietly on tree branches and waiting for their victims to appear. When the prey arrives, the forest falcons quickly ambush them, attempting to catch them with a brief, flying pursuit. However, forest falcons also use other techniques to hunt prey, such as chasing prey on foot, following 384:
are typically dark slate gray above; the tail is tipped with white and has three to six narrow white bars. The throat is pale gray, shading to the darker slate of the crown. The rest of the under parts, including the under-wing coverts, are white, finely and clearly barred with black or dark gray.
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The barred forest falcon's "advertising call" is "a somewhat dog-like, monotonous yapping, “keyak”, “ark” or similar". Another call is a "bouncing-ball series...“cah cah cah-cah-cah”, or similar". Neighboring males spar when one gives "a rapid, swelling chitter and the other a rapid clucking".
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The barred forest falcon's breeding season in Guatemala is from mid-April to early August. The season is not well known elsewhere but includes early June in Amazonian Brazil and October in Colombia. Almost all of the data on its breeding biology were collected in Guatemala during the
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has assessed the barred forest falcon as being of Least Concern. It has an extremely large range and an estimated population of at least a half million mature individuals, though the latter is believed to be decreasing. No immediate threats have been identified.
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. 30 January 2023. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories.
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Salaman, Paul G.W.; Stiles, F. Gary; Bohórquez, Clara Isabel; Álvarez-R., Mauricio; Umaña, Ana María; Donegan, Thomas M. & Cuervo, Andrés M. (2002): New and noteworthy bird records from the east slope of the andes of Colombia.
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and more open seasonally drier forest on rocky outcrops, but generally it is a bird that avoids habitat where human influence is too pronounced, and requires primary or mature secondary forest to persist in any location.
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The barred forest falcon is 31 to 39 cm (12 to 15 in) long. Males weigh 144 to 184 g (5.1 to 6.5 oz) and females 200 to 322 g (7.1 to 11.4 oz). Adults of most
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and old secondary forest, in a narrow elevational band between 3,300 and 4,900 m (10,800 and 16,100 ft) Second-growth forest in these mountains is dominated by trees like
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Olmos, Fábio; Pacheco, José Fernando & Silveira, Luís Fábio (2006): Notas sobre aves de rapina (Cathartidae, Acciptridae e Falconidae) brasileiras .
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swarms, flushing prey from cover, and nest robbing. The species has also been recorded to snatch animals from traps or cages, for example during
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Barred forest falcons mainly use mature upland forest. In Central America, the species is generally restricted to mature
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The barred forest falcon is rare on the eastern slope of Colombia's Cordillera Oriental, where it was recorded in
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appears to only occur in the rufous-brown morphotype, as also suggested by its scientific name,
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The barred forest falcon is a year-round resident throughout its range but
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are dark brownish-gray with off-white bars on the inner webs. Subspecies,
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Bierregaard, R. O. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Barred Forest-Falcon (
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A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America.
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The subspecies of the barred forest falcon are found thus:
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black, becoming yellow at base of the lower mandible; the
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in central Mexico south to Nicaragua, but excluding the
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provinces of north-central and northeastern Argentina
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Barred forest-falcon

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
CITES
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Falconiformes
Falconidae
Micrastur
Binomial name
Vieillot

bird of prey
Herpetotherinae
Falconidae
falcons
caracaras
Cassin
Bangs
Cabanis
Lesson
Vieillot
Amadon

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