White-rumped falcon
Polihierax insignis Walden, 1872
Status not recordedbirds of prey
The white-rumped falcon (Polihierax insignis) is a species in the family Falconidae, order Falconiformes. Recorded adults weigh 97 g to 100 g.
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Quick facts about the white-rumped falcon
- Weight
- 97 g – 100 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 41 cm – 50 cmsrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- woodlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the white-rumped falcon?
Where does the white-rumped falcon live?
Not recorded
Is the white-rumped falcon endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the white-rumped falcon classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderFalconiformes
- familyFalconidae
- genusPolihierax
- SpeciesPolihierax insignis Walden, 1872
Synonyms Neohierax insignis
Other names and names in other languages (10)
- Fielden's falconetEnglish
- White-rumped falconetEnglish
- White-rumped pygmy falconEnglish
- White-rumped pygmy-falconEnglish
- White-rumped pygmy-falconEnglish
- Langschwanz-ZwergfalkGerman
- Halconcito asiáticoSpanish
- Fauconnet à pattes jaunesFrench
- orientpygmefalkNorwegian Bokmål
- falcão-pigmeu-de-sobre-brancoPortuguese
Relatives of the white-rumped falcon
Other species in the same genus Polihierax.
Pygmy falcon
Polihierax semitorquatus
CompareWhite-rumped falcon vs Pygmy falconWhite-rumped falcon vs Poliohierax semitorquatus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the white-rumped falcon?
An adult white-rumped falcon weighs 97 g – 100 g and has a wingspan of 41 cm – 50 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the white-rumped falcon?
The white-rumped falcon (Polihierax insignis) belongs to the family Falconidae in the order Falconiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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