Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Bulgarian | Оранжевогръд сокол |
Catalan | falcó de pit taronja |
Czech | ostříž rezavoprsý |
Dutch | Bonte Slechtvalk |
English | Orange-breasted Falcon |
English (United States) | Orange-breasted Falcon |
French | Faucon orangé |
French (France) | Faucon orangé |
German | Rotbrustfalke |
Japanese | アカハラハヤブサ |
Norwegian | langtåfalk |
Polish | sokół rudogardły |
Portuguese (Brazil) | falcão-de-peito-laranja |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Falcão-de-peito-laranja |
Russian | Рыжегрудый чеглок |
Serbian | Soko narandžastih grudi |
Slovak | sokol bielohrdlý |
Spanish | Halcón Pechinaranja |
Spanish (Argentina) | Halcón Negro Grande |
Spanish (Chile) | Halcón de pecho naranja |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Halcón Pechirrufo |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Halcón Pechinaranja |
Spanish (Honduras) | Halcón Pecho Anaranjado |
Spanish (Mexico) | Halcón Pecho Canela |
Spanish (Panama) | Halcón Pechinaranja |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Halcón negro grande |
Spanish (Peru) | Halcón de Pecho Naranja |
Spanish (Spain) | Halcón pechinaranja |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Halcón Pechianaranjado |
Swedish | orangebröstad falk |
Turkish | Turuncu Göğüslü Doğan |
Ukrainian | Підсоколик рудогрудий |
Falco deiroleucus Temminck, 1825
Definitions
- FALCO
- falco
- deiroleucus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 1, 2009
Diet and Foraging
Introduction
Orange-breasted Falcon feeds on a wide variety of small to medium size birds (including wild pigeons, doves, trogons, tityras, tanagers, woodpeckers, parakeets, small parrots, swifts, swallows, shorebirds, and other Neotropical migrants) and bats . Species documented to be in the diet of Orange-breasted Falcon in Guatemala and Belize are listed below (22, Jonathon Urbina personal communication):
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Spotted Sandpiper Actitus macularius
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti
Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa
Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus
Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
Blue-capped Motmot Momotus coeruliceps
Northern Emerald-Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Purple Martin Progne subis
Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Feeding
Perches high in a dead tree or cliff, then dives on birds or bats from above or chases birds on the horizon, accelerating in long direct or climbing pursuit, often punctuated by a short stoop from above. Also hunts by stooping from tremendous heights, as Peregrine Falcons do, clutching or striking a disabling blow to its victim, then scooping it up in its net-like feet before the quarry disappears into the canopy below. It also uses a stealth strategy for capturing migrating songbirds, shorebirds, and bats, by silhouetting them against the sky at dusk and dawn. Orange-breasted Falcon is unusual in hunting primarily above the canopy (23).