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Species
Least ConcernPrefieren las orillas de los bosques deciduos y siempreverdes, bosques fragmentados, áreas semiabiertas, bosques secundarios, y árboles de sabana.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Herpetotheres
- Mass
- 583
- Image
- Lachfalke.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Herpetotheres cachinnans
- taxon name
- Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Commons gallery
- Herpetotheres cachinnans
- taxon common name
- Paganni
- wingspan
- 83
- egg incubation period
- 45
- litter size
- 1
- taxon range
- Belém
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- H. cachinnans
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Encyclopedic overview
The laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in subfamily Herpetotherinae of family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras. It is found from Mexico south through Central America and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.
Laughing Falcon, Palo Verde Nat'l. Park, Costa Rica
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laughing Falcon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.