Deep Forest Canopy
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Falcons and Caracaras

Barred Forest-Falcon

Micrastur ruficollis

The barred forest falcon is a species of bird of prey in subfamily Herpetotherinae of family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras. It occurs from southern Mexico south through most of Central America and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.

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