Order: Falconiformes | Family: Falconidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Status: The Aplomado Falcon is fairly common in the high Andes where it is known to range between 2400 – 4300 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, Bo, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Halcón Aplomado.
Sub-species: Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis femoralis), Temminck 1822. Colombia, S through E Bolivia and Brazil.
(F. f. pichinchae), Chapman,1925. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and W Bolivia S to N and Chile.
Meaning of Name: Falco: Gr. phalkön= falcon. femoralis: L. femoralis, femoral, femur= cover for the thigh femur.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.