Barred Forest Falcon
Micrastur ruficollis

f4 @ 1/60s, ISO:1600, Nikon D3S w 500mm

"Barred Forest Falcon," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The barred forest falcon is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae which includes the falcons, caracaras, and their relatives. It occurs throughout most of tropical and subtropical Latin America, except the arid Pacific coast in South America, northern and western Mexico, and the Antilles. Adults of most subspecies are typically dark slate grey above; the tail is tipped with white and has three to six narrow white bars. The throat is pale grey, shading to the darker slate of the crown. The rest of the under parts, including the under-wing coverts, are white, finely and clearly barred with black or dark grey. The upper breast is a darker grey. The primary remiges are dark brownish-grey with off-white bars on the inner webs. The eyes are cream to light orange brown; the bill black, becoming yellow at base of the lower mandible; the cere, lores, and orbit are yellow, and the legs are orange-yellow. Barred forest falcons mainly use mature upland forest. In Central America, the species is generally restricted to mature tropical forest.

El Valle de Anton, Panama

02/22/2019