Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Bornean Falconet, White-Fronted Falconet
Common Names in French:
Fauconnet De Bornéo
Common Names in German:
Weißscheitelfälkchen
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
14.1Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Genus:
Microhierax
()
- Sharpe 1874 Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 1 p.366
- Specific name:
latifrons
- Sharpe 1879 Ibis p.237 pl.7
- Scientific name: - Microhierax latifrons Sharpe 1879
- Specific name:
latifrons
- Sharpe 1879 Ibis p.237 pl.7
- Genus:
Microhierax
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
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- Phylum:
Chordata
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Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 13-Apr-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Microhierax
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. caerulescens (Collared Falconet) · M. caerulescens burmanicus · M. caerulescens caerulescens (Collared Falconet) · M. erythrogenys (Philippine Falconet) · M. erythrogenys erythrogenys (Philippine Falconet) · M. erythrogenys meridionalis · M. erythrogonys · M. erythrogonys erythrogonys · M. fringillarium · M. fringillarius (Black-Thighed Falconet) · M. latifrons (White-Fronted Falconet) · M. melanoleucos (Pied Falconet) · M. melanoleucus
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Further Reading
- A synoptical list of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) Comprising species and subspecies, described up to 1919, with their characters and distribution, by H. Kirke Swann. London, J. Wheldon, 1920. ENG url p. 117.
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 51.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- Dickinson, E. C., ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checlist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey, USA. 1039. ISBN: 0-691-11701-2.
- Island life; or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates, by Alfred Russel Wallace. London, Macmillan, 1880. ENG url p. 379.
- The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. By Eugene W. Oates. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.]1889-98. ENG url p. 434.
- Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) / by R.L.M. Warren & C.J.O. Harrison. London: BM(NH), 1966-1973. ENG url p. 155.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas. ENG url p. 392.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Microhierax latifrons. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851653
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175686
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175686
- IUCN ID: 13367
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7498
