Lined Forest Falcon
A species of Forest Falcons Scientific name : Micrastur gilvicollis Genus : Forest Falcons
Lined Forest Falcon, A species of Forest Falcons
Botanical name: Micrastur gilvicollis
Genus: Forest Falcons
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Description
Photo By Lars Petersson 
Description
The lined forest falcon (Micrastur gilvicollis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is endemic to humid forest in the western and northern Amazon Basin. Populations found in the south-eastern Amazon Basin (south of the Amazon River and east of the Madeira River) were formerly included in this species, but were described as a new species, the cryptic forest falcon, in 2003. Together with the plumbeous forest falcon of the Chocó, they are an example of a cryptic species complex. While adults of all three species have the deep orange-red facial skin and cere that separates them from the sympatric barred forest falcon, only the lined forest falcon has two white bars in the tail (in addition to a narrow white tail-tip). The species is listed by the IUCN as a species of least concern, indicating that populations are not in decline. 
Size
38 cm
Feeding Habits
Lined Forest Falcon consumes primarily lizards, large insects, and snakes, with occasional birds and mammals like opossums. Lined Forest Falcon utilizes stealth, hunting in the forest understory and opportunistically at army ant swarms, but is not a specialized bird predator.
Habitat
The lined Forest Falcon primarily inhabits undisturbed primary tropical forests, typically in lowland and foothill regions. It is also present, though less commonly, in secondary forests and forest edges, showing an affinity for humid terra firme forests in certain broader geographical regions.
Dite type
Carnivorous
Photo By Lars Petersson 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Diurnal Birds of Prey Family
Falcons and caracaras Genus
Forest Falcons Species
Lined Forest Falcon 
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