Order
Falconiformes
Family
Falconidae
Genus
Herpetotheres
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version

Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans

Ben Barkley
Version: 1.0 — Published January 24, 2014

References

Introduction

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Recommended Citation

Barkley, B. (2014). Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.laufal1.01
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