The laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in subfamily Herpetotherinae of family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras.
Spectacular and distinctive raptor of tropical lowlands, often seen perched on prominent bare snags, from which it hunts for snakes.
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Why is it called a laughing falcon?
Laughing falcons communicate with a "laughing" call. They call in duets with the opposite sex for several minutes producing loud sounds that resemble laughter.
What are the predators of the laughing falcon?
Also, Laughing Falcon eggs and nestlings do sometimes fall prey to other animals including monkeys, snakes, and tayras.
What is the laughing falcons habitat?
Laughing Falcon is found in a variety of forested habitats from northern Mexico south to Paraguay. It can be found in cerrado, dry forests, gallery forest and lowland rainforest, but is most common along forest edges, and can be very rare in stretches of undisturbed forest in Amazonia.
Laughing falcons are generally solitary birds except during mating. They are crepuscular (active at dusk and dawn) and defend territories.
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion.
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 ...
Laughing Falcon is found in a variety of forested habitats from northern Mexico south to Paraguay. It can be found in cerrado, dry forests, gallery forest ...
The laughing falcon, also called the snake hawk, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the falcon family (Falconidae), the only member of the genus Herpetotheres.
352 foreground recordings and 128 background recordings of Herpetotheres cachinnans. Total recording duration 6:12:03.
Compare AOU treatments of Herpetotheres cachinnans, in Avibase (1886 to present). Search for Herpetotheres cachinnans at Cornell Birds of North America.
Herpetotheres cachinnans. Common Name. Laughing Falcon. Kingdom. Animalia. Location in Taxonomic Tree. Genus. Herpetotheres. Species. Herpetotheres cachinnans ...
