Barred Forest Falcon

Micrastur ruficollis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Falconiformes
Family
Falconidae
Genus
Micrastur
eBird Code
baffal1

Vocalizations

Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC_BY_4_0
Guillaume Delaitre · CC_BY_4_0
Christoph Moning · CC_BY_4_0
Pablo H Capovilla · CC_BY_4_0
Brian Cespedes · CC0_1_0
Adam Jackson · CC0_1_0
Evan Centanni · CC0_1_0
Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (6)

  • Micrastur ruficollis concentricus

    southern Venezuela to the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil

  • Micrastur ruficollis guerilla

    humid forest of southern Mexico to Nicaragua

  • Micrastur ruficollis interstes

    Costa Rica and Panama to western Colombia and western Ecuador

  • Micrastur ruficollis olrogi

    subtropical forest of northwestern Argentina

  • Micrastur ruficollis ruficollis

    southern Brazil to Paraguay and northern Argentina

  • Micrastur ruficollis zonothorax

    eastern Andean foothills of Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.