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Buckley's forest falcon

Micrastur buckleyi Swann, 1919

LCLeast Concernbirds of prey

The buckley's forest falcon (Micrastur buckleyi) is a species in the family Falconidae, order Falconiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 464 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the buckley's forest falcon

Weight
464 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
61 cm – 72 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the buckley's forest falcon?

BUCKLEY'S FOREST FALCON · WINGSPAN 72 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 72 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the buckley's forest falcon is about 42% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the buckley's forest falcon live?

Not recorded

What is the buckley's forest falcon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Buckley's forest falcon (Micrastur buckleyi), also called lesser collared forest-falcon and Traylor's forest-falcon, is a species of bird of prey in subfamily Herpetotherinae of family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Colombia and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “Buckley's forest falcon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buckley%27s_forest_falcon&oldid=1314083036), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the buckley's forest falcon sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the buckley's forest falcon endangered?

The buckley's forest falcon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the buckley's forest falcon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderFalconiformes
  5. familyFalconidae
  6. genusMicrastur
  7. SpeciesMicrastur buckleyi Swann, 1919

Synonyms Micrastur melanoleucus buckleyi, Micrastur semitorquatus buckleyi

Other names and names in other languages (43)
  • Buckley's forest-falconEnglish
  • Buckley's forest-falconEnglish
  • Buckley's forest-falconEnglish
  • Lesser collared forest-falconEnglish
  • Lesser collared forest-falconEnglish
  • Traylor's forest-falconEnglish
  • Traylor's forest-falconEnglish
  • صقر غابات باكليArabic
  • falcó selvàtic de BuckleyCatalan
  • sokolec obojkovýCzech
  • hebog coed BuckleyWelsh
  • AmazonskovfalkDanish
  • TraylorwaldfalkeGerman
  • Buckley-WaldfalkeGerman
  • Vierbinden-WaldfalkeGerman
  • Baklia mikrasturoEsperanto
  • amazonia arbofalkoEsperanto
  • Gavilán de TraylorSpanish
  • Halcón montés de BuckleySpanish
  • Halcón-montés de BuckleySpanish
  • peruu metspistrikEstonian
  • inkahaukkanenFinnish
  • Carnifex de BuckleyFrench
  • ogrličasti sokolCroatian
  • perui erdeisólyomHungarian
  • Falco di foresta di BuckleyItalian
  • シロエリモリハヤブサJapanese
  • amazoninis miškinis sakalasLithuanian
  • Traylors BosvalkDutch
  • loretoskogfalkNorwegian
  • trębacz obrożnyPolish
  • falcão-de-buckleyPortuguese
  • falcão-de-nuca-brancaPortuguese
  • Амазонский лесной соколRussian
  • sokolec bielolíciSlovak
  • Belovrati šumski sokoSerbian
  • loretoskogsfalkSwedish
  • Buckleys skogsfalkSwedish
  • buckleyskogsfalkSwedish
  • Buckley Orman DoğanıTurkish
  • рарія амазонійськаUkrainian
  • 巴氏林隼Chinese
  • 厄瓜多林隼Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the buckley's forest falcon

Other species in the same genus Micrastur.

CompareBuckley's forest falcon vs Lined forest falconBuckley's forest falcon vs Barred forest falconBuckley's forest falcon vs Collared forest falconBuckley's forest falcon vs Plumbeous forest falcon

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the buckley's forest falcon?

An adult buckley's forest falcon weighs 464 g and has a wingspan of 61 cm – 72 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the buckley's forest falcon endangered?

The buckley's forest falcon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the buckley's forest falcon?

The buckley's forest falcon (Micrastur buckleyi) belongs to the family Falconidae in the order Falconiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{buckleys_forest_falcon_2026,
  title = {Buckley's forest falcon (Micrastur buckleyi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/buckleys-forest-falcon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}