The cryptic forest falcon is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in the south-eastern Amazon rainforest in Brazil and Bolivia. While uncommon in its Amazonian range, it remains widespread, and is therefore rated as least concern by BirdLife International and IUCN. Unlike the lined forest falcon, with which it has long been confused in a cryptic species complex, adult cryptic forest falcons only have a single white tail-band. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Whittaker, A 2003
Reference:
Wilson Bull.
(2002), 114 p.421,422,front.
Protonym:
Micrastur mintoni
Avibase ID:
6A9FF1B8D38ED96A
Avibase ID:
avibase-6A9FF1B8
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6A9FF1B8
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 668597
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Carnifex de Minton ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements, version 2021: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements, version 2022: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements, version 2023: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements 6th edition: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements, version 2015: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements, version 2016: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements, version 2017: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements, version 2018: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Clements, version 2019: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
eBird version 1.50: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
eBird version 1.52: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
eBird version 1.53: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
eBird version 1.54: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
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eBird version 2015: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
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eBird version 2021: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
eBird version 2022: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
eBird version 2023: Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Cryptic Forest-falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Cryptic Forest-Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Cryptic Forest Falcon ( Micrastur mintoni) |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Micrastur mintoni |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Micrastur mintoni |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: newly discovered taxon
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