Caracaras, Falcons

Aplomado Falcon

Falco femoralis

The Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) is a 336 g grassland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Caracaras, Falcons

Order

Falconiformes

Weight

336 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

18

Recorded in Brazil, Argentina, United States, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Belize, Ecuador, Bolivia, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, Guyana, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica.

Where to see it: MEX - Veracruz- MInatitlan - Pantano de Santa Alejandrin (Mexico); Parque Simon Bolivar (Venezuela); Chichicaxtle · Observatorio de Aves Rapaces Dr. Mario A. Ramos (Mexico); Hato El Cedral (acceso restringido) (Venezuela); Humedal Lucre-Huacarpay (Peru).

Photo: Jose getulio de oliveira, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons