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Lined Forest-Falcon

Micrastur gilvicollis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Peru.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 0, June 2, July 2, August 3, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 1.
Peru8
Madre de Dios8
Ecuador7
Orellana5
Brazil4
Acre4
Colombia1
Vaupés1
Pastaza1
Napo1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group
  • Vertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating vertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderFalcons and Caracaras · Falconiformes
FamilyFalcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
GenusForest-Falcons · Micrastur

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Lined Forest-Falcon with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.