Location
Rancho Armadillo, Guanacaste
Costa Rica
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 640 mm
Exposure 1/800, f/10.0, ISO 400
Image size 800 x 534 pixels
IOC Names
Order Falconiformes Family Falconidae
Deutsch Lachfalke Dutch Lachvalk
Italian Falco sghignazzante Spanish Halcón Reidor
Comments
Perches for long intervals on high, exposed branches, scanning ground for snakes; drops suddenly, seizes snake in heavily-scaled talons, decapitates it with a quick bite, carries it to a perch to eat; occasionally takes lizards and rodents. Emits laughing call when disturbed.
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| 13/03/2010 |
Laughing Falcon |
Micheline JACQUEMIN
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