Falco rufigularis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The bat falcon (Falco rufigularis) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras. It is found in Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.
The bat falcon was long known as Falco albigularis; the names Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, long used for the aplomado falcon (F. femoralis), are now believed to refer to the present species. The bat falcon has these three subspecies:
Others add a fourth subspecies F. r. petrophilus that is usually included in petoensis. The bat falcon is closely related to and looks like a small version of the orange-breasted falcon (F. deiroleucus), with which it has often been misidentified. They share plumage and vocal characteristics and are sister species. These two had been thought to be closely related to the aplomado... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 9 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bat Falcon sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 144th most-seen of the 243 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bat Falcon in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and June–November, the lowest months. Those are among Cañón del Sumidero National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in June.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bat Falcon sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
30th of 64
Of the 64 parks where we can rate Bat Falcon sightings, Cañón del Sumidero National Park ranks 30th at about 10%. The best odds are in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 40%), Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 30%) and Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bat Falcon is recorded against all the birds logged in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (50 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
