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White-rumped falcon description

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Falconiformes
Family	Falconidae
Genus	Polihierax ⁽¹⁾

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Spanish: Halconcito Asiático, Halconcito Colilargo de Asia.

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White-rumped falcon status

Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List ⁽¹⁾ and listed on Appendix II of CITES ⁽²⁾.

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References

IUCN Red List (October, 2009)
http://www.iucnredlist.org
CITES (October, 2009)
http://www.cites.org

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White-rumped falcon male perched in a tree

Chris G. Bradshaw
chrisgbradshaw@googlemail.com

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White-rumped falcon -- 白腰侏隼 (Polihierax insignis)

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