Microhierax

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The typical falconets, Microhierax, are a bird of prey genus in the family Falconidae. They are found in southeast Asia and the smallest members of Falconiformes, averaging about 15 cm (5.9 in) in length and 35 g (1.2 oz) in weight. The smallest members of the genus are the relatively widespread black-thighed falconet, and the white-fronted falconet on the island of Borneo.

Taxonomy and systematics

The first description by a European ornithologist of a falconet from this group was published by George Edwards in 1750, as "the little black and orange colour'd Indian hawk". It was from a specimen that had been collected in Bengal and sent to the King's physician, Dr Mead.[2] In 1758 Carl Linnaeus used the illustration and description by Edwards to formally describe the species under the binomial name Falco cærulescens[3][4] In 1760 the French naturalist Mathurin Jacques Brisson also used Edwards' publication to describe Script error: No such module "Lang"..[5][6] Although the white collar was not mentioned, the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe believed that this was the same species that is now called the collared falconet.[5]

In 1824, Vigors proposed a new genus Ierax, writing "whoever has seen that beautiful species, the smallest of its race, F. cærulescens, Linn., now rendered familiar to us by the accurate and splendid illustrations of Dr. Horsfield, will at once acknowledge its separation from every other established genus of its family."[7]Template:Rp Later authors rendered the name Hierax.

Sharpe coined the name Microhierax in 1874, from the Greek Script error: No such module "Lang". meaning "tiny hawk".[5] By this time, four species were known: M. cærulescens, M. fringillarius, M. melanoleucos, and M. erythrogenys. He lists Horsfield's specimen "Falco cærulescens" as being actually M. fringillarius, making the latter the type of the genus.

A fifth species, the white-fronted falconet M. latifrons, was described by Sharpe in 1879.[8][9]

Extant Species

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
File:Microhierax caerulescens.jpg Microhierax caerulescens Collared falconet

Red legged falconet

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
File:Microhierax fringillarius 112598890.jpg Microhierax fringillarius Black-thighed falconet Brunei, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. and vagrant to Sri Lanka
File:White-fronted Falconet (13970618760).jpg Microhierax latifrons White-fronted falconet Sabah on the island of Borneo
File:Microhierax erythrogenys.jpg Microhierax erythrogenys Philippine falconet Philippines
File:Pied falconet, (Microhierax melanoleucos) from pakke tiger reserve JEG3641 (cropped).jpg Microhierax melanoleucos Pied falconet Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, and Vietnam.

References

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  • A. Pelletier (illustrator), C. [Charles Joseph] Hullmandel (lithographer) 1822. Illustration of Falco cærulescens from Java [later Microhierax fringillarius] BHL (Smithsonian) BHL(Singapore). Plate 35 in Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Horsfield, Thomas (1824). Zoological researches in Java, and the neighbouring islands. London: Kingsbury, Parbury, & Allen. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.44848.
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