Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Falcons and Caracaras :: Aplomado Falcon

Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis

Described by: Temminck (1822)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Falco fuscocaerulescens

Photographs

near Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA - Jul, 2004 © Jesus Fernando Cerra Luna  Laguna de los Pozuelos, Argentina - Sep, 2003 © Mark Harper  Laguna de los Pozuelos, Argentina - Sep, 2003 © Mark Harper  Location unknown - Date unknown Courtesy of USFWS  Lauca National Park, Region I, Chile - Feb, 2007 © Arthur Grosset 
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Range

Sw. United States (formerly) s. through Central America and South America;
(1) Sw. United States (s. Arizona, s. New Mexico, wc. and s. Texas) and Mexico from Sinaloa (at least formerly), Chihuahua (probably), Tamaulipas s. to Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala.
(2) Central America (Belize, e. Honduras and ne. Nicaragua and Panama) and South America in Colombia e. through n. and se. Venezuela n. of the Orinoco, Margarita Is. and Trinidad to Guyana, Surinam, Guiana s. through Brazil (Bahia, Chapada Diamantina) to e. Bolivia, Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.
(3) Andes from sw. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and w. Bolivia to n. Chile and nw. Argentina (Tucuman).
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North America n. of Mexican border
Summer and winter: se. TEX (Laguna Atascosa where a reintroduction program is underway).
Formerly s. ARZ, sw. NMX and w. TEX (Big Bend).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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