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Lined forest falcon

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Lined forest falcon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Micrastur
Species:
M. gilvicollis
Binomial name
Micrastur gilvicollis
(Vieillot, 1817)

The lined forest falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is endemic to humid forest in the western and northern Amazon Basin. Populations found in the south-eastern Amazon Basin (south of the Amazon River and east of the Madeira River) were formerly included in this species, but were described as a new species, the cryptic forest falcon, in 2003. Together with the plumbeous forest falcon of the Chocó, they are an example of a cryptic species complex. While adults of all three species have the deep orange-red facial skin and cere that separates them from the sympatric barred forest falcon, only the lined forest falcon has two white bars in the tail (in addition to a narrow white tail-tip). The species is listed by the IUCN as a species of least concern, indicating that populations are not in decline.[2]

History

Lined forest falcon (Micrastur Fulvicollis) was not recognized as a distinct species until 1972, when Schwartz separated the special from Barred Forest-Falcon (M. Ruficollis.) [3]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Micrastur gilvicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. ^ "Micrastur gilvicollis (Lined Forest-falcon, Lined Forest Falcon, Lined Forest-Falcon)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  3. ^ Klein, Bert C.; Bierregaard, Richard O. (May 1988). "Movement and Calling Behavior of the Lined Forest-Falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis) in the Brazilian Amazon". The Condor. 90 (2): 497–499. doi:10.2307/1368582. ISSN 1938-5129. JSTOR 1368582.