Black-thighed Falconet

Black-thighed Falconet
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes
Family:	Falconidae
Genus:	Microhierax
Species:	M. fringillarius
Binomial name
Microhierax fringillarius (Drapiez, 1824)

The Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius) is one of the smallest birds of prey, typically measuring between 14–16 centimetres (5.5–6.3 in) long. It is native to Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.^[1]

It breeds in tree holes.^[2] It feeds on small birds and insects. The typical habitat is forest, forest edge and wooded open area.^[1]

It has black upperparts, whitish-rufous underparts, broad black ear coverts and black outer thighs.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} BirdLife International (2008). Microhierax fringillarius. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 16 December 2009.
2. ^ ^{a b} Harmer, Sidney Frederic; Shipley, Arthur Everett (1899). The Cambridge Natural History. Macmillan. pp. 173–174. ISBN 9780548647776. http://books.google.com/books?id=-fsEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA173&dq=Microhierax+fringillarius&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a. 

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