White-rumped Falcon - BirdForum Opus

Alternative names: Fielden's Falconet; White-rumped Pygmy Falcon

Photo by nineOwls
Huai Kha Khaeng WS.Thailand , January 2009

Neohierax insignis

Polihierax insignis

Identification

Female, subspecies cinereiceps
Photo by robby thai
Mae Ngao NP, Thailand, February 2017

23–28 cm (9-11 in)

• Slate-grey and white plumage
• White rum and upper-tail coverts

Distribution

Subspecies harmandi
Photo by James Eaton
Tmat Bay, Cambodia, November-2006

Southern Asia: breeds in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, south and central Laos and southern Vietnam. Resident.

Taxonomy

This is a polytypic species^[1 consisting of 3 subspecies.

Subspecies

• N. i. insignis:

• Myanmar (valley of Irrawaddy River)

• N. i. cinereiceps:

• Southern Myanmar and Thailand

• N. i. harmandi:

• Southern Indochina

Habitat

Dry, open woodland, riverine and mixed deciduous woodlands and savanna.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of the larger insects, such as beetles, cicadas and grasshoppers); small birds, frogs, snakes and lizards.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Clark, W. S., G. M. Kirwan, and C. Hansasuta (2022). White-rumped Falcon (Neohierax insignis), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, P. Pyle, and N. D. Sly, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whrfal1.01.1

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-rumped Falcon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-rumped_Falcon

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