Wildlifeof India
Collared Falconet
Birds of Prey
Photo: (c) Jagdish Singh Negi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY (May be cropped or resized)
Microhierax caerulescens
Basic stats
Diet
Invertebrates
Habitat
Forest, often at the edge of broadleaf forest; mostly 200–800m and up to 1,700m
Range
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam
Size
About 18cm
The collared falconet is a very small falcon, about 18 cm long, shrike-like in shape and mainly pied, with bold white eyebrows and a white collar, a relatively heavy double-toothed bill, shortish wings, a medium-length tail and strong, half-feathered legs with powerful feet. Its natural habitat is forest, often at the edge of broadleaf forest (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Vietnam, mostly at 200–800 m and fairly regularly to 1,700 m. The cached account gives no diet or breeding information. SoIB 2023 rates it a Moderate conservation priority, a resident forest bird that eats invertebrates, with a Restricted range of about 29,800 km² (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).
Quick answers
- What does the Collared Falconet eat?
- Invertebrates
- What habitat does the Collared Falconet live in?
- Forest, often at the edge of broadleaf forest; mostly 200–800m and up to 1,700m
- Where is the Collared Falconet found?
- Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam
- How big is the Collared Falconet?
- About 18cm