Black-thighed Falconet
Microhierax fringillarius(Drapiez, PAJ, 1824)
English (US) Black-thighed Falconet
The Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius) 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: forest of Myanmar to Malay Peninsula and Greater SundasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Microhierax fringillarius
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-thighed Falconet
- Described by
- (Drapiez, PAJ, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco fringillarius
- Described by
- (Drapiez, PAJ, 1824)
- Type locality
- 'Indes'; Sumatra suggested by Hartert, 1902, Novit. ZooL, 9, p. 541.
- Original description
- Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle 6 p.412 pl.59
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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