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Herpetotheres cachinnans (Laughing Falcon)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans), also called the snake hawk (erroneously, since it is not a hawk), is a medium-sized bird of prey in the falcon family (Falconidae), the only member of the genus Herpetotheres. This Neotropical species is a specialist snake-eater. Its common and scientific names both refer to its distinctive voice.
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Infraspecies

Herpetotheres cachinnans cachinnans
Herpetotheres cachinnans fulvescens

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
12
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
39
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 25.2173
EDGE Score: 3.26642
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.407 lbs (638 g)
Birth Weight [3]  65 grams
Female Weight [5]  1.532 lbs (695 g)
Male Weight [6]  1.285 lbs (583 g)
Weight Dimorphism [5]  27.1 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical dry forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical dry forests
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Vertibrates [4]  100 %
Forages - Mid-High [4]  33 %
Forages - Understory [4]  33 %
Forages - Ground [4]  33 %
Clutch Size [5]  1
Incubation [5]  45 days
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [7]  79
Snout to Vent Length [1]  19 inches (48 cm)
Wing Span [5]  33 inches (.83 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Buteogallus urubitinga (Great Black-Hawk)2
Eira barbara (Tayra)1
Leopardus pardalis (Ocelot)1
Leucopternis albicollis (White Hawk)2

Predators

Eira barbara (Tayra)[5]

Range Map

External References

Audio

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Hartman FA 1961. Locomotor mechanisms of birds. Smithson Misc Collect 143:1–91
♦ 7Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 8The reptile hunter’s menu: A review of the prey species of Laughing Falcons, Herpetotheres cachinnans (Aves: Falconiformes), Henrique Caldeira COSTA, Leonardo Esteves LOPES, Bráulio de Freitas MARÇAL and Giancarlo ZORZIN, NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 10 (2) (2014)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Audio software provided by SoundManager 2
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0