Bird Guide Falcons Aplomado Falcon

Aplomado Falcon

Aplomado Falcon
At a Glance Range & Identification Conservation Back to Top

At a Glance

All bird guide text and rangemaps adapted from Lives of North American Birds by Kenn Kaufman© 1996, used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Category
Falcons, Hawk-like Birds
IUCN Status
Least Concern
Habitat
Desert and Arid Habitats, Fields, Meadows, and Grasslands, Freshwater Wetlands, Shrublands, Savannas, and Thickets
Region
Southwest, Texas
Behavior
Direct Flight, Rapid Wingbeats, Soaring

Range & Identification

Description

Size
About the size of a Crow, About the size of a Mallard or Herring Gull
Color
Black, Blue, Gray, Red, Tan, White, Yellow
Wing Shape
Long, Pointed, Tapered
Tail Shape
Long, Rounded, Square-tipped

Songs and Calls

Call Pattern
Falling, Flat, Rising, Simple
Call Type
Scream

Conservation

Change in Abundance Over Time
Drawing on more than a century of community science from the Christmas Bird Count (CBC), this chart shows how this species’ relative abundance has shifted in recent decades. Explore more and get involved in the CBC.

Climate Map

Audubon’s scientists have used 140 million bird observations and sophisticated climate models to project how climate change will affect the range of the Aplomado Falcon. Learn even more in Audubon’s Survival By Degrees project.

Climate Threats Facing the Aplomado Falcon

Choose a temperature scenario below to see which threats will affect this species as warming increases. The same climate change-driven threats that put birds at risk will affect other wildlife and people, too.