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Plumbeous forest falcon

Micrastur plumbeus W. L. Sclater, 1918

VUVulnerablebirds of prey

The plumbeous forest falcon (Micrastur plumbeus) is a species in the family Falconidae, order Falconiformes. Recorded adults weigh 180 g to 196.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Plumbeous forest falcon (Micrastur plumbeus)
Photo: Henrik Grønvold · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the plumbeous forest falcon

Weight
180 g – 196.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc 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
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the plumbeous forest falcon live?

Not recorded

What is the plumbeous forest falcon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The plumbeous forest-falcon (Micrastur plumbeus) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae only found in the Chocó region in Colombia and Ecuador. This rare bird has not been often spotted, which makes its study complicated. For a long time, it was considered to be part of the lined forest-falcons but it now known to be a species of its own. It is currently considered a vulnerable species because of the precarity of its habitat that is threatened by deforestation.

From the Wikipedia article “Plumbeous forest falcon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plumbeous_forest_falcon&oldid=1353034366), 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.

Is the plumbeous forest falcon endangered?

The plumbeous forest falcon is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the plumbeous forest falcon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderFalconiformes
  5. familyFalconidae
  6. genusMicrastur
  7. SpeciesMicrastur plumbeus W. L. Sclater, 1918

Synonyms Micrastur gilvicollis plumbeus

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • Plumbeous forest-falconEnglish
  • Plumbeous forest-falconEnglish
  • Plumbeous forest-falconEnglish
  • صقر الغابة الرصاصيArabic
  • falcó selvàtic plumbiCatalan
  • sokolec tmavýCzech
  • sokolec olovobarvýCzech
  • hebog coed llwydWelsh
  • Blygrå SkovfalkDanish
  • BleiwaldfalkeGerman
  • Einbinden-WaldfalkeGerman
  • EinbindenwalfalkeGerman
  • Grauer WaldfalkeGerman
  • SchieferwaldfalkeGerman
  • plumba arbofalkoEsperanto
  • Plumba mikrasturoEsperanto
  • Halcón montés plomizoSpanish
  • Halcón-montés PlomizoSpanish
  • väike-metspistrikEstonian
  • narinonhaukkanenFinnish
  • Carnifex plombéFrench
  • olovasti sokolCroatian
  • egysávos erdeisólyomHungarian
  • Falco di foresta plumbeoItalian
  • Falco di foresta piombatoItalian
  • ハイイロモリハヤブサJapanese
  • melsvasis miškinis sakalasLithuanian
  • Sclaters BosvalkDutch
  • blyskogfalkNorwegian
  • trębacz szarogardłyPolish
  • falcão-plúmbeoPortuguese
  • falcão-montês-plúmbeoPortuguese
  • Сизый лесной соколRussian
  • sokolec pralesnýSlovak
  • Sivkasti šumski sokoSerbian
  • blygrå skogsfalkSwedish
  • Kurşuni Orman DoğanıTurkish
  • рарія колумбійськаUkrainian
  • 鉛色林隼Chinese
  • 铅色林隼Chinese

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Relatives of the plumbeous forest falcon

Other species in the same genus Micrastur.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the plumbeous forest falcon?

An adult plumbeous forest falcon weighs 180 g – 196.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the plumbeous forest falcon endangered?

The plumbeous forest falcon is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the plumbeous forest falcon?

The plumbeous forest falcon (Micrastur plumbeus) belongs to the family Falconidae in the order Falconiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{plumbeous_forest_falcon_2026,
  title = {Plumbeous forest falcon (Micrastur plumbeus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/plumbeous-forest-falcon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}