Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Bat Falcon FAMILY - Falconidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Falco rufigularis REFERENCES - 1 and 44 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 45 Resident, species present all year. 41 Apparently secure in Belize 40 Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 40 District Reference Belize 5 Cayo 6 Corozal 19 Orange Walk 8 Stann Creek 7 Toledo 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Chiquibul National Park Sighting December 42 Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 23 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Permanent 18 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 25 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 39 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 37 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 21 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 22 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 28 Chiquibul National Park Sighting August 20 Payne's Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Sighting Dry season 25 Shipstern Nature Reserve 19 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 27 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 35 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Sighting 32 Gallon Jug Wet season 26 Gallon Jug 25 Tapir Mtn. Nature Reserve 29 Chiquibul National Park Dry season 10 Chiquibul National Park 28 Chiquibul National Park 6 Bladen Nature Reserve Heard Wet season 15 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 7 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 34 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 16 Cave's Branch 18 Community Baboon Sanctuary 31 Lamanai Archaeological Reserve Permanent 17 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher 37 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Sighting Dry season 12 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Sighting Dry season 13 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 5 New River Lagoon (Proposed) Dry season 24 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop Sighting Summer Vis 25 Private land, see comments Sighting August 32 Private land, see comments Sighting Dry season 14 Private land, see comments Sighting Wet season 25 Private land, see comments Sighting Wet season 9 Private land, see comments Dry season 11 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 38 Private land, see comments 28 Private land, see comments 4 Private land, see comments Sighting 32 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 39 Government land Collected as voucher 38 Government land 28 Monkey River Special Development Area Wet season 33 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 35 Belize River 31 Roaring Creek 29 Macal River 28 Belize River 25 Monkey River 25 New River 24 Bladen Branch 15 Cox's Lagoon 5 Belize River 9 Chiquibul River 10 Macal River 11 Mussel Creek 13 Sittee River 14 Sibun River 16 New River 17 Raspaculo River 21 Elevation Reference 1100-1200 m 20 1100-1200 m 42 1-200 m 32 1-200 m 35 1-200 m 36 1-200 m 37 1-200 m 38 1-200 m 39 201-400 m CR 401-600 m ROM 401-600 m UMMZ 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 37 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 25 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 36 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 8 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 36 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 29 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 31 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 35 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 28 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 36 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 39 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 8 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 25 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 9 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 28 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 32 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 36 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 39 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 25 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 29 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 36 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 39 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 8 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 32 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 36 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 8 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 25 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 38 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 28 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 18 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 37 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 34 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 25 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 32 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 38 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 7 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 10 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 34 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 20 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 42 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 25 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 32 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 19 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 25 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 33 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 29 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 6 16 10' to 16 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 15 15 50' to 16 00'; 88 50' to 89 15' 4 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 23 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 27 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 32 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 38 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 36 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 32 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 29 Subtropical wet 34 Subtropical moist 39 Subtropical moist 37 Subtropical moist 35 Subtropical moist 32 Subtropical moist 31 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 42 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 39 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 37 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 20 General Distribution Comments 45* Common northern semideciduous moist forest. Common southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Rare Mtn. Pine Ridge/savannas on poor soil. Common coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. Common sub-tropical lower montane forest. 41* Uncommon in northern hardwood forests, uncommon in southern hardwood forests, rare in the Mountain Pine Ridge, uncommon in coastal savannahs. 35* Uncommon in pine savanna, common in scrub 29* NE portion TMNR, base camp Pook's Hill 29* Big Falls Rice Farm; Blue Creek 28* Airport Camp; Guacamallo 25* Cayo; Freetown; All Pines; Ycacos Lagoon 23* Corozalito agricultural settlement 15* Richardson Creek & Bladen Br. upstream to Calera Caves; Pine Ridge towards Richardson Peak 14* Possum Point Biological Station 11* Sighted at or within 5 mile radius of Chaa Creek Cottages 10* Puente Natural 9* Banana Bank Ranch References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Howard, R. and A. Moore. 1980. A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Oxford. 4 Matola, S., 1990. The Dolores Expedition, January 27 - February 3, 1990. Unpublished report. 5 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.4-8 6 Matola, S., ed. 1992. The Maya Divide Expedition 1-15 May. Unpub. report 7 Matola, S., ed. 1990. The Cockscomb Basin Expedition Report June 11-18. Unpublished report 8 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 9 Duncan, M., W. Duncan. 1993. Banana Bank, Nov. 1, Checklist provided in lit. 10 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1992. Biodiversity Reconnaissance in Chiquibul National Park, 13-19 July. Unpublished report. 11 Carnegie Ornithological Group and Mass Audubon Ornithological Group, compilers. 1993. Chaa Creek Bird List. Unpublished list. 12 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 13 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1987. Conservation of a Critical Marsh and Lowland habitat, Mussel Creek drainage system, Belize, C.A. Report to NYZS/Wildlife Conservation Society. 14 Anon. 1993. Bird Checklist for Possum Point Biological Station, Sittee River, Belize 15 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p.38-42. Unpublished report. 16 Anon. 1994. Monkey Bay Checklist of Birds. Unpublished list. 17 Noble, B., B. Stewart, J. Dillon. 1994. Lamanai Bird List, Mid-October 1993 - 16 March 1994. 18 Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14 pp.23 - 39. 19 Meerman, J. 1993. Checklist of the Birds of the Shipstern Nature Reserve, Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(10). pp. 71-81. 20 Matola, S., compiler. 1989. Doyle's Delight, 20 - 31 August. Unpublished report. 21 Mallory, E. 1991. Survey of Birds and their Habitats, of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to Upper Raspaculo, Maya Mountains, Belize. 22 Mallory, E. 1993. Birds of the Upper Raspaculo, Belize: JSSEUR II. Unpublished report. 23 Reichelt, B., C. Philcox. 1994. DRAFT - Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Natural History Studies. Unpublished report. 24 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 25 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 26 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 27 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 28 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 29 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 30 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994. Preliminary Faunal Surveys at Tapir Mt. Nature Reserve, 27 Nov.-5 Dec., 1994. Unpublished report for BAS. 31 James, D., J. Bider. 1993. Bird List: Community Baboon Sanctuary, 1989- 1993 (derived from banding & census data, field notes). Unpublished data. 32 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wilidlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 33 Meerman, J.C. ed. 1995. Monkey River Special Development Area Stann Creek District, Belize. Belize Tropical Forest Studies Publication #5. Appendix: Bird List. Unpublished Technical report for B.E.S.T. 34 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 35 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 36 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 37 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 38 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 39 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 40 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 41 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 42 Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York. Oxford University Press. 43 Conway, C. J., S.J. Baird. 1995. Ornithology Report for the Doyle's Delight Expedition, Maya Mountains, Belize, 3-13 December 1993. Occasional Series No. 5. Forest Planning and Management Project, Ministry of Natural Resources, Belmopan, Belize. 44 A.O.U. 1997. Forty-first Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk. 114 (3):542-552. 45 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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