Tag: Micrastur ruficollis

First record of a Barred Forest-falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) nesting in a cliff pothole

Barred Forest Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) Science Article 1 abstract Between 5 March-13 May 1996 we observed a pair of Barred Forest-falcons in Peten, Guatemala demonstrating nuptial behavior and utilizing a cliff pothole as a nest site. Each morning and evening of 5-10 March, 8-13 April, and 8-13 May 1996, we heard a male Barred Forest-falcon […]

NEST-SITE CHARACTERISTICS AND BREEDING DENSITY OFTWO SYMPATRIC FOREST-FALCONS IN GUATEMALA

Barred Forest Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) Science Article 3 abstract The Barred Forest-Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) and Collared Forest-Falcon (M. semitorquatus) are cavity nesters with similar geographic distributions but differences in body size. For Barred and Collared forest-falcons, nest height averaged 17 and 20 m above ground, nest tree dbh averaged 95 and 167 cm, and nest […]

Barred Forest Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis)

[order] FALCONIFORMES | [family] Falconidae | [latin] Micrastur ruficollis | [authority] Vieillot, 1817 | [UK] Barred Forest Falcon | [FR] Carnifex barre | [DE] Sperber-Waldfalke | [ES] Halcon-montes | [NL] Gestreepte Bosvalk Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Micrastur are falcons varying in size from small to quite large. Their wings are short […]