Known from the discs' own bird lists
Laughing Falcon
herpetotheres cachinnans
Falconidae
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.
From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision
Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011
This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
45.0-53.0 cm. A rather long-tailed, round-winged falcon-like medium-sized raptor; the adult has head, neck and underparts light buff; a broad black mask connected across the hindneck by a narrow black band; crown with black shaft streaks; back and wings deep chocolate brown, the remiges cinnamon rufous basally, where also barred with fuscous; tail moderately long, evenly banded with black and creamy white; iris dark brown; cere and gape dull yellow; bill black; feet olive yellow.
The immature is like the adult but the feathers on the back and wings are narrowly margined with buffy brown; light areas whiter; sides and tibiae sometimes lightly spotted with buff or fuscous.
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The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
A series of "wa wa " or "wja wja..."; short laughter "hihihihihahahaha" answered by a "wa-wa", maybe by an other individual.
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Perch-hunts from trees at the forest border for snakes. Rarely takes other prey.
Breeding Disc 1 · 2011
Breeder.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Common in forest clearings, edges, forest remnants, gallery forest, cerrado and savannah with scattered trees. Sea level to 1500 meters but most common at sea level.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout.
The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
Vocalizations
Each disc's own recording entries are shown under that disc's label. A player appears only where the recording's file survives on a preserved disc.
Disc 2 · 2001
Calls. Rio Doçe 11/3/00. Cloudy, 25°C. Primary forest. Disc 2 · 2001
Audio file found on Disc 1 (2011). The asserting release's own preserved disc did not carry it; the historical assertion above is unchanged.
Disc 1 · 2011
Calls. Rio Doçe 11/3/00. Cloudy, 25°C. Primary forest. Disc 1 · 2011
Calls. November 12, 1994. Itirapina, São Paulo. Sunny, 25°C. Disc 1 · 2011
More images
The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011 Photo by Fritz Mueller. Disc 1 · 2011 Photo by Fritz Mueller. Disc 1 · 2011
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
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The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
Historical checklist participation
Disc 2 · 2001
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; UBSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SRRB.CKD; UBSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SRRB.CKD; UBSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd