Black-thighed Falconet

Black-thighed Falconet
This species is defined as a Review Species . Please submit your records of this species via our record submission page .

Scientific Name: Microhierax fringillarius

Malay Name: Rajawali-Belalang Melayu

Chinese Name: 黑腿小隼

Range: Found from the Thai-Malay Peninsula to the Greater Sundas

Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Size: 15-17 cm

Identification: Adult has blackish crown, ear-covert patch, nape and upperparts, whitish forehead, narrow down-curving supercilium, throat and upper-breast and chestnut rest of underparts. Juvenile resembles adult but has pale chestnut supercilium

Habitat: Forest, forest edge and suitable wooded areas.

Behaviour/Ecology: Frequently darts out rapidly from a perch to capture flying insects. Will also attack small birds.

Local Status: Former resident and very rare visitor

Conservation Status: Least Concern (BirdLife International 2016)

Past records in our database:

Showing only accepted records. Note that records currently under review are also not displayed, and the list may not be a full list of records of this species in Singapore. For more details, check the database here.

References:

BirdLife International. (2016). Microhierax fringillarius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696327A93555387.en. Accessed on 1 January 2023

Jeyarajasingam, A., & Pearson, A. (2012). A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Oxford University Press.

Lim, K. S. (2009). The Avifauna of Singapore. Nature Society (Singapore).

Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia (Second Edition). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

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