Actual pygmy falcon

Actual pygmy falcon
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Systematics
Class :	Birds (aves)
Order :	Falk-like (falconiformes)
Family :	Falconies (Falconidae)
Subfamily :	Merlin (Polihieracinae)
Genre :	Actual pygmy falcon
Scientific name
	Microhierax
	Sharpe , 1874

The actual pygmy falcons ( Microhierax ) are a genus from the falcon-like family (Falconidae). They occur in Southeast Asia and are the smallest representatives of the falcon-like.

The name “Microhierax”, from ancient Greek μικρός ἱεραξ mikros hierax , German “little falcon” , was coined in 1874 by Sharpe .

Features and anatomy

The actual pygmy falcons are the smallest members of the falcon-like, around 15 cm in size and 35 g in weight.

distribution

They occur in northeast India and southeast Asia to southern China .

Reproduction

The breeding season usually between March and May. Nests are popular in caves created by woodpeckers or bearded birds .

Food acquisition

These pygmy falcons feed mainly on large insects , especially butterflies or dragonflies , also on smaller birds or lizards .

species

The genus of the true pygmy falcon consists of 5 species.

Originally four species were described by Sharpe, a fifth, the white- crowned falcon ( Microhierax latifrons ) was added by him in 1879.

The following types are recognized:

European robin ( Microhierax caerulescens ) (Linnaeus, 1758), northeast India to Southeast Asia

Finchfinch ( Microhierax fringillarius ) (Drapiez, 1824), Malay Peninsula and Great Sunda Islands

White- crowned falcon ( Microhierax latifrons ), Sharpe, 1879, Borneo

Two-colored falcon ( Microhierax erythrogenys ), (Vigors, 1831), Philippines

Magpie falcon ( Microhierax melanoleucus ), (Blyth, 1843), northeast India to southern China and Vietnam

literature

Catalog of Birds in the British Museum Vol. 1, p. 366

Individual evidence

^ RB Sharpe: Microhierax. in: Volume I: Catalog of the Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of Prey in the Collection of the British Museum. Catalog of the Birds in the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. Pp. 366-369.
^ RD Sharpe: (July 1879). On the Birds of the Province of Lumbidan, North-western Borneo '. Contributions to the Ornithology of Borneo. in: The Ibis . Vol. 4.3 (November) 1879, p. 237 and Plate 7
↑ Worldbirdnames Seriemas, falcons

Web links

Commons : Microhierax - collection of images, videos and audio files

Films and photos of hawks in the Internet Bird Collection

[1] RB Sharpe: Microhierax. in: Volume I: Catalog of the Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of Prey in the Collection of the British Museum. Catalog of the Birds in the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. Pp. 366-369.

[2] RD Sharpe: (July 1879). On the Birds of the Province of Lumbidan, North-western Borneo '. Contributions to the Ornithology of Borneo. in: The Ibis . Vol. 4.3 (November) 1879, p. 237 and Plate 7

[3] Worldbirdnames Seriemas, falcons