[order] FALCONIFORMES | [family] Falconidae | [latin] Micrastur mintoni | [authority] Whittaker, 2002 | [UK] Cryptic Forest Falcon | [FR] Carnifex de Minton | [DE] – | [ES] – | [NL] Cryptische bosvalk Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Micrastur mintoni SA e Amazonia s to Bolivia Genus Members of the genus Micrastur are falcons […]
Tag: Micrastur mintoni
Cryptic Forest falcon discovered in 2002
Cryptic Forest-falcon Micrastur mintoni LEAST CONCERN Described in 2002 (Wilson Bull. 114: 421-445), specimens of Micrastur mintoni had been overlooked as Lined Forest-falcon A. gilvicollis or confused with Plumbeous Forest-falcon M. plumbeus for over 100 years, despite the attention of such acutely observant commentators as Charles Hellmayr and Dean Amadon, until Andrew Whittaker finally resolved […]