Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Barred Forest-Falcon FAMILY - Falconidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Micrastur ruficollis SYNONYMS - Sparvius ruficollis - Vieillot, 1817 REFERENCES - 27 and 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 28 Resident, species present all year. 26 Apparently secure in Belize 25 Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 25 District Reference Cayo 5 Orange Walk 10 Stann Creek 6 Toledo 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Manatee Forest Reserve 6 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 16 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 24 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Heard 13 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Permanent 11 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Wet season 15 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 14 Columbia River Forest Reserve Dry season 4 Chiquibul National Park Sighting August 12 Columbia River Forest Reserve Dry season 11 Columbia River Forest Reserve 22 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 18 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 20 Gallon Jug 17 Chiquibul National Park Sighting Dry season 15 Chiquibul National Park 16 Chiquibul National Park 7 Chiquibul National Park Collected as voucher 23 Bladen Nature Reserve Sighting Wet season 9 Bladen Nature Reserve 16 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 19 Lamanai Archaeological Reserve Dry season 10 Caracol Archaeological Reserve 8 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop Heard Wet season 15 Private land, see comments Dry season 15 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 24 Government land Collected as voucher 24 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 20 Belize River 15 Mullins River Drainage 6 Bladen Branch 9 Chiquibul River 7 New River 10 Raspaculo River 13 Elevation Reference 1100-1200 m 12 1-200 m 20 1-200 m 21 1-200 m 24 401-600 m 24 601-800 m 22 601-800 m 23 801-1000 m 22 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 10 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 17 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 21 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 21 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 20 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 21 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 21 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 24 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 15 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 21 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 21 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 15 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 24 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 6 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 8 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 15 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 24 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 23 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 7 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 9 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 12 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 22 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 16 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 16 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 18 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 24 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 21 Subtropical wet 19 Subtropical moist 24 Subtropical moist 20 Subtropical Lower Montane wet 22 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 24 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 23 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 22 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 12 General Distribution Comments 28* Uncommon northern semideciduous moist forest. Uncommon southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Uncommon sub-tropical lower montane forest. 26* Uncommon in northern hardwood forests, uncommon in southern hardwood forests. 15* Ballerina Camp; Millionario; Cayo 9* Richardson Creek & Bladen Br. upstream to Calera Caves; Upper reaches of Quebrada de Oro 7* Puente Natural 4* Uncommon at Union Camp, fairly common at Gloria Camp 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 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.71-78 5 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 6 Miller, C., B. Miller. 1994. Avian Studies in the Upper Mullins River Basin, Feb. and May. Unpublished Report. 7 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1992. Biodiversity Reconnaissance in Chiquibul National Park, 13-19 July. Unpublished report. 8 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 9 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p.38-42. Unpublished report. 10 Noble, B., B. Stewart, J. Dillon. 1994. Lamanai Bird List, Mid-October 1993 - 16 March 1994. 11 Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14 pp.23 - 39. 12 Matola, S., compiler. 1989. Doyle's Delight, 20 - 31 August. Unpublished report. 13 Mallory, E. 1991. Survey of Birds and their Habitats, of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to Upper Raspaculo, Maya Mountains, Belize. 14 Mallory, E. 1993. Birds of the Upper Raspaculo, Belize: JSSEUR II. Unpublished report. 15 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 16 Wood, D. S., R. C. Leberman. 1987. Results of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Expeditions to Belize. III. Distributional Notes on the Birds of Belize. Annals Carnegie Museum. 56(6):137-160. 17 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 18 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 19 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 20 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 21 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 22 Jones, L., D. Gardner. 1997. Little Quartz Ridge Rapid Assessment Program. Executive Summary: Birds. Draft report for FPMP. 23 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 24 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 25 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. 26 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 27 A.O.U. 1997. Forty-first Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk. 114 (3):542-552. 28 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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