Plumbeous Forest Falcon
Micrastur plumbeusSclater, WL, 1918
English (US) Plumbeous Forest Falcon
The Plumbeous Forest Falcon (Micrastur plumbeus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras) in the order Falconiformes.
Range: humid forest of southwestern Colombia and northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Micrastur plumbeus
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Plumbeous Forest Falcon
- Described by
- Sclater, WL, 1918
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, WL, 1918
- Type locality
- Rio Bogota, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 38 p.44
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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