Caracaras, Falcons

Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

The Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) is a 624 g forest bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Caracaras, Falcons

Order

Falconiformes

Weight

624 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

19

Recorded in Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Belize, Ecuador, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Venezuela, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Bolivia, Guyana, Argentina, Paraguay, Suriname, GF.

Where to see it: Route de Guatemala - Grandes pâtures (French Guiana); MEX - Veracruz- MInatitlan - Pantano de Santa Alejandrin (Mexico); Finca La Gracia (Guatemala); Route de Guatemala - Ouest du carrefour (French Guiana); San Miguelito Jaguar Conservation Ranch (Bolivia).

Photo: (c) Daniel Pineda Vera, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist