- Falco deiroleucus
Identification
33–40 cm (13-15¾ in)
- Black face, sides of head and upper parts
- White throat
- Orangey-brown lower throat
- Blackish breast
- Orange-brown lower abdomen and thighs
- Dark brown eyes
- Yellow green cere
- Black bill, becoming green towards the base on the lower mandible
- Bright yellow feet
Similar species
Bat Falcon will not usually have two colors in the throat area (either whitish or orange but not one above the other).
Distribution
Central America and South America:
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Taxonomy
Habitat
Lowland tropical forests s.
Behaviour
Breeding
Nests on cliff ledges in a scrape or cup shaped depression.
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of flying birds such as pigeons, caciques, and parrots, shore birds swifts and martins.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Birdforum thread discussing separation from Bat Falcon
- AvianWeb
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Orange-breasted Falcon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Orange-breasted_Falcon
