Bat falcon (Falco rufigularis) Description
English: Falco rufigularis Bat Falcon
Date 18 April 2014, 08:04:39
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/jquental/14145077842/
Author Joao Quental https://www.flickr.com/photos/jquental
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OFalco_rufigularis_Bat_Falcon.jpg
The bat falcon (Falco rufigularis) is a falcon that is a resident breeder in tropical Mexico, Central and South America and Trinidad. It was long known as Falco albigularis; the name Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, long used for the aplomado falcon, are now believed to refer to the present species. It is probably closely related to and looks like a small version of the orange-breasted falcon. These two, in turn, are probably closest to the aplomado falcon and constitute a rather old American lineage of Falcos. Order: Falconiformes, Family: Falconidae.
Synonyms:
Falco albigularis Daudin, 1800
Falco fuscocaerulescens Vieillot, 1817 (modern spelling)
Falco fusco-coerulescens Vieillot, 1817 (original spelling)
