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Barred Forest-Falcon
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Birds of prey & vultures

Barred Forest-Falcon

Micrastur ruficollis (Vieillot, 1817)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBarred Forest-Falcon
DutchGestreepte Bosvalk
SpanishHalcón Selvático Barrado
Chinese斑林隼
Sranan Tongowetbere-aka
Sranan Tongopakani (general name for the group)
Scientific nameMicrastur ruficollis (Vieillot, 1817)

About this species

The barred forest falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) is a species of bird of prey in subfamily Herpetotherinae of family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras. It occurs from southern Mexico south through most of Central America and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderFalconiformes
FamilyFalconidae
GenusMicrastur

In Suriname

118Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1964First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini99
  • Brokopondo15
  • Para2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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