White-fronted Falconet

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When to see the White-fronted Falconet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-fronted Falconet

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the White-fronted Falconet

The white-fronted falconet, also called the Bornean falconet, is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae. Described by the British ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1879, it is endemic to Borneo, where it is found in Sarawak, Sabah, and extreme northeastern Kalimantan. An extremely small falcon, it is only 14–17 cm (5.5–6.7 in) long and weighs 35–65 g (1.2–2.3 oz), being the smallest species of falconet. It has glossy bluish-black upperparts, black flanks and outer thighs, and a black mask. The belly and vent are pale yellowish-brown, while the throat, cheeks, and breast are white.

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Easily confused with

Pied FalconetMicrohierax melanoleucosThe pied falconet is a small black and white raptor, measuring between 7 and 7 ½ inches and weighing between 55 and 75 g. Philippine FalconetMicrohierax erythrogenysThe Philippine falconet has a length of 15 – 18 cm, a wingspan of 32 – 37 cm, and a body mass of 37 – 52 g. Collared FalconetMicrohierax caerulescensThe collared falconet is a very small falcon, shrike-like in shape, mainly pied and having bold white supercilia and collar, with relatively heavy double-toothed bill.