Falcon Aplomado Falcon

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Falcon Aplomado Falcon

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Buteo elegans, Cassin (adult). (Correction and modern nomenclature: The Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. The species' largest contiguous range is in South America, but not in the deep interior Amazon Basin. It was long known as Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, but these names are now believed to refer to the Bat Falcon (F. rufigularis). Its resemblance in shape to the hobbies accounts for its old name Orange-chested Hobby. Aplomado is an unusual Spanish word for "lead-colored", referring to the blue-grey areas of the plumage � an approximate English translation would be "leaden falcon". Spanish names for the species include halc�n aplomado and halc�n fajado (roughly "banded falcon" in reference to the characteristic pattern); in Brazil it is known as falc�o-de-coleira.

Buteo elegans, Cassin (adult). This image was included in: Reports of Explorations and Surveys .... Volume X. 1859. Plate I. P. 20 of U. S. Pacific Railroad Explorations and Surveys 32nd Parallel. Library Call Number F593 .U58 1855.
Image ID: libr0163, Treasures of the NOAA Library Collection
Location: Western United States

Category: Treasure/Natural History/Birds/

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