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Photo by jc122463
Den Ya Kat Sub-station near Doi Chiang Doa, Thailand, 2007

Falco severus

[edit] Identification

27 to 30 cm long
Adult

• Chestnut underparts
• Bluish-grey upperparts
• Black hood
• Pale throat
  

Juvenile

• Mottled back
• Rufous ches with black streaks

[edit] Distribution

It can be found in eastern Himalayas and ranges to southern China, Hainan and south through Indochina to Southern Asia and Australasia.

It has been recorded as a vagrant from Malaysia. Also occurs in the Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Rare in Java and Bali, a vagrant to Borneo and status unclear on Sumatra, a rare resident or vagrant. Has also been recorded on Gizo in the Solomon Islands. Resident.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

A second subspecies, papuanus, is not recognised by all authorities^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Lowland forested areas and woodland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

It nests on cliff or building ledges or, more usually, in trees, using an old nest from other birds.

[edit] Diet

Its diet consists mainly of insects.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages