Burung pemangsa (Birds of Prey)
Bat Falcon
Falco rufigularis
- langka
- 70 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Hunts bats and swifts at dawn and dusk. Nests in tall snags above the canopy and names its prey accurately.
- Populasi
- At least 500,000 mature individuals; population trend decreasing
- Habitat
- Humid lowland tropical forest, forest edges, gallery forest, palm savanna, and semi-open wooded/agricultural land with scattered trees and small waterways, sea level to ~1,500-1,700 m (rare outlier record to ~3,250 m in Bolivia)
- Fakta menarik
- True to its name, the Bat Falcon is one of the few raptors that regularly hunts bats on the wing, launching twilight sorties from a high perch and using rapid, agile flight to snatch them mid-air.
- Sebaran
- Neotropics: Mexico through Central America and Trinidad to most of mainland South America (absent from Chile and Uruguay)
- Makanan
- Aerial predator taking small birds (swifts, swallows, hummingbirds, parakeets, tanagers), bats, and large flying insects (butterflies, moths, dragonflies), with occasional small reptiles/amphibians and rodents; vertebrates make up 66-96% of biomass consumed, birds 32-85% of vertebrate prey.
- Ukuran
- 0,27 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,6 m
- Masa hidup
- 3,3 tahun
