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PYGMY FALCONS [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
DEF

Any of several very small Asiatic falcons constituting a genus (Microhierax).

OBS

Polihieracinae (subfamily) (Polihierax, Neohierax, Microhierax)

PHR

African, black-legged, black-sided, black-thighed, Bornean, collared, Fielden’s, Philippine, pied, red-breasted, red-legged, red-thighhed, spot-winged, white-fronted, white-legged, white-rumped falconet.

Key term(s)
  • falconets
  • pygmy falcons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Petit faucon du genre microhierax, présent dans les forêts tropicales de l'Asie du Sud-Est.

OBS

Famille des falconidés.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «fauconneau», qui désigne un jeune faucon.

PHR

fauconnet à collier, à pattes jaunes; fauconnet d’Afrique; fauconnet de Bornéo; fauconnet des Philippines; fauconnet moineau, fauconnet noir et blanc.

Key term(s)
  • falconelles
  • fauconnets
  • fauconneaux

Spanish

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