Black-thighed Falconet

Microhierax fringillarius (Drapiez, 1824)

Black-thighed Falconet, Microhierax fringillarius, is a bird of the Oriental Region, breeding in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Bali and Borneo except the north-east. It is a falcon in the Falconidae family, first described by Drapiez in 1824. This minute raptor is among the smallest birds of prey and has a shrike-like shape with a square tail that is often fanned. The adult male is black above, with a pale forehead mark, a pale throat, a white breast and black thighs and flanks.

Order

Falconiformes

Family

Falconidae — Caracaras, Falcons

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java, Bali and Borneo (except ne)