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Spot-winged Falconet

Spiziapteryx circumcincta(Kaup, JJ, 1852)

English (US) Spot-winged Falconet

The Spot-winged Falconet (Spiziapteryx circumcincta) 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: Chaco of northern Argentina, western Paraguay, and eastern BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Spiziapteryx circumcincta
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Spot-winged Falconet
Described by
(Kaup, JJ, 1852)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Harpagus circumcinctus
Described by
(Kaup, JJ, 1852)
Type locality
Chili; error, type from Mendoza, Argentina (cf. Hellmayr and Conover, 1949, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 1, no. 4, p. 288, note 2).
Original description
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.19, no.221 p.43

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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