Aplomado Falcon

Falco femoralis

Summary 2

The aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis) is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. The species' largest contiguous range is in South America, but not in the deep interior Amazon Basin. It was long known as Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, but these names are now believed to refer to the bat falcon (F. rufigularis). Its resemblance in shape to the hobbies accounts for its old name orange-chested hobby. Aplomado is an unusual Spanish

Fuentes y Créditos

  1. (c) Steve Bentsen, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Steve Bentsen
  2. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_femoralis

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Vida Silvestre es una entidad asociada a la Organización Mundial de Conservación