Cryptic Forest Falcon

Cryptic Forest Falcon
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes
Family:	Falconidae
Genus:	Micrastur
Species:	M. mintoni
Binomial name
Micrastur mintoni Whittaker, 2003

The Cryptic Forest Falcon (Micrastur mintoni) is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is found in the south-eastern Amazon rainforest in Brazil and Bolivia. Old specimens taken in the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil also exist, but there are no recent records from that region, and it has possibly been extirpated. While uncommon in its Amazonian range, it remains widespread, and is therefore rated as Least Concern by BirdLife International and IUCN. Long confused with the Lined Forest Falcon, the Cryptic Forest Falcon was only scientifically described in 2003 – the two being an example of a cryptic species complex. Unlike the Lined Forest Falcon, adult Cryptic Forest Falcons only have a single white tail-band (in addition to a narrow white tail-tip).

References

• BirdLife International 2006. Micrastur mintoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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