Burung pemangsa (Birds of Prey)
Laughing Falcon
Herpetotheres cachinnans
- tidak umum
- 67 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Call sounds like hysterical laughter echoing through the forest. Specializes almost entirely in snakes.
- Populasi
- At least 500,000 mature individuals, believed decreasing
- Habitat
- Semi-open treed landscapes — forest edges, gallery forest, palm savanna, and scattered-tree country; avoids dense unbroken forest interior; occurs from sea level up to ~2,400 m (typically below 800-1,500 m in most of its range)
- Fakta menarik
- The Laughing Falcon is a snake specialist that hunts by scanning from a high open perch and then dropping on snakes — including venomous coral snakes — with a quick, often audible strike to the head; its far-carrying, laughter-like call has led Ch'ol Maya healers to imitate it in rituals to treat snakebite.
- Sebaran
- Mexico (southern Sonora/San Luis Potosí) south through Central America and across most of South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina), excluding Chile and Uruguay
- Makanan
- Snake specialist (including venomous species such as coral snakes), also takes lizards, small rodents, bats, and fish
- Ukuran
- 0,5 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,86 m
- Masa hidup
- 10 tahun
