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'''Alternative names: Fielden's Falconet; White-rumped Pygmy Falcon
 
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[[Image:White_rumped_Falcon.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|nineOwls|nineOwls}}<br />Huai Kha Khaeng WS.[[Thailand ]]]]
 
;[[:Category:Polihierax|Polihierax]] insignis
 
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[[Image:White_rumped_Falcon.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|nineOwls|nineOwls}}<br>Location:  Huai Kha Khaeng WS.[[Thailand ]]]]
 
[[Image:White-rumped_Falcon_(Male).jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br>(harmandi)<br>Location: Tmat Bay, [[Cambodia]]]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Southern [[Asia]]: breeds in [[Burma]], [[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]], south and central [[Laos]] and southern [[Vietnam]]. Resident.  
 
Southern [[Asia]]: breeds in [[Burma]], [[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]], south and central [[Laos]] and southern [[Vietnam]]. Resident.  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Some authorities place this species in its own monotypic genus ''Neohierax''.
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Some authorities place this species in its own [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] genus ''Neohierax''.
 
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[[Image:White-rumped_Falcon_(Male).jpg|thumb|300px|right|Subspecies ''harmandi''<br />Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Tmat Bay, [[Cambodia]]]]
 
Three subspecies are recognised: ''insignis'' in northern Burma, ''cinereiceps'' in southern Burma, Thailand and northern Indochina and ''harmandi'' in southern Laos and southern Vietnam.
 
Three subspecies are recognised: ''insignis'' in northern Burma, ''cinereiceps'' in southern Burma, Thailand and northern Indochina and ''harmandi'' in southern Laos and southern Vietnam.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==

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

Photo by nineOwls
Huai Kha Khaeng WS.Thailand
Polihierax insignis

Identification

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Some authorities place this species in its own monotypic genus Neohierax.

Subspecies

Subspecies harmandi
Photo by James Eaton
Tmat Bay, Cambodia

Three subspecies are recognised: insignis in northern Burma, cinereiceps in southern Burma, Thailand and northern Indochina and harmandi in southern Laos and southern Vietnam.

Habitat

Dry, open woodland and savanna.

Behaviour

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