Falconet, the smallest bird of prey … it moves fast and stands high …

Malaysia only has 2 Falconet :

1. Black-thighed falconet, 黑腿小隼, Microhierax fringillarius, モモグロヒメハヤブサ, RAJAWALI-BELALANG MELAYU

2. White-fronted Falconet, 白额小隼, 白額小隼, Microhierax latifrons, ボルネオヒメハヤブサ, RAJAWALI-BELALANG DAHI PUTIH

[Bornean Falconet, 婆罗洲小隼， 婆羅洲小隼]

3. Peregrine Falcon, 游隼, 遊隼, Falco peregrinus, バアバリアハヤブサ, RAJAWALI KEMBARA

3i. Peregrine Falcon (Indo-Pacific), 游隼, 遊隼, Falco peregrinus ernesti, バアバリアハヤブサ, RAJAWALI KEMBARA TROPIKA

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1. Black-thighed falconet, 黑腿小隼, Microhierax fringillarius, モモグロヒメハヤブサ,RAJAWALI-BELALANG MELAYU

– normally stand on top of dry tree

– move fast and prey dragonflies, small insects

update 202502

The female remained in the same position for days, made a brief stop, and was quite vocal. Eventually, the male arrived, and the mating session took place—it was a lengthy one, lasting over two minutes in total.

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雌性在同一个位置停留了几天，短暂停留后发出了很大的声音。最终，雄性出现并进行交配，这次交配时间较长，整体持续了超过两分钟。

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update 202411

– The only species in Peninsular Malaysia which also one of the world’s smallest raptors, often seen perched high, watching for prey.

– While testing the new Canon R1’s Pre-continuous Shooting and AF performance, I captured one of many frames. I’ll share more from the full sequence in the near future.

– 在马来西亚半岛唯一的物种，同时也是世界上最小的猛禽之一，经常被看到栖息在高处，观察猎物。

在测试新款佳能 R1 的连续预拍摄和自动对焦性能时，我捕捉到了众多画面中的一个。不久后我会分享更多完整的拍摄序列。

 

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update 202402

– it came so close, have a close view and low view for this bird just simply awesome. lovely

– 这鸟下来太低了。在这么好角度看，这鸟太漂亮了。

 

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update 202211

– lovely morning with lovely small raptor.

– 美好的每一天。这小猛禽还是很可爱。

update 202206

– months monitor the cute little raptor, finally fledged

– captured with the pre-production camera and lens

– 几个月的观察，这小猛禽终于出巢了。

– 摄于这套富士的工程机。

update 202103

– one of the smallest raptor of the world and it fly real fast

– 世界上最小的猛禽之一。飛的很快。

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update 202101

- feeding a bird? lucky to see this world's smallest raptor feeding and show some face rection 

世界最小猛禽，在吃小鳥？

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update 2020 Aug

update 2015 Feb 25

 

2. White-fronted Falconet, 白额小隼, 白額小隼, Microhierax latifrons, ボルネオヒメハヤブサ, RAJAWALI-BELALANG DAHI PUTIH

[Bornean Falconet, 婆罗洲小隼， 婆羅洲小隼]

– special to East-North Borneo Endemic

– almost same behavior of black-thighed falconet, small, stand high

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update 202405

– a very tiny special Endemic of Sabah. Cute and normal stand high up to look for prey

– another lucky came to this spot normally just for “bird seeing” which the small bird just stand 30-40m above from ground .. but when we arrive and looking for this bird just for bird watch. But after I walk around, I call everyone down it is low !!!! and 2 together ..

– 非常小，可爱的特别的沙巴特有种。通常站高高为了看猎物。

– 这一次，因为迟了行程。没办法的到看鸟的点看看这鸟。拍个记录，可是当我走下车找这鸟时。看到一对战的非常的很不错，立刻叫大家下来。

 

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update 202309

– it is weird this bird seem disappear from all common sites, especially almost not found at Danum Valley BRL, Kinabatangan River and etc… but this family found quite near to KK town ..any how, due to location, not all visit can be make there but for last special targets tour. We special arrange to be there and award with 2 in one frame

– 疫情后，很奇怪。这鸟几乎消失在之前的鸟点。在几个蛮出名的森林保护区都不容易见到。可是，几个比较稳的点都在城市/小镇附近。因为地点问题，我们不是每次都会去看/拍这鸟。这一次，特别目标鸟图包含这只小猛禽。我们特别安排时间去拍。去到不久就看到2只站一起的画面。。。。。。

update 202305

– after missed the Crimson-Headed partridge at common spot (after wait of ~1 hour), decided to continue to KNP and found this lovely tiny raptor. only with 500mm so it is a bit heavy crop but love to see it doing good and with lovely butterfly

– 在普通的红头林鹧鸪点等了～1个小时，鸟没出现。我们直上神山，幸运的我们尽然看到这鸟捉了蝴蝶去喂小孩。因为没准备好，只用了500 焦段。裁截了蛮多的。

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– it is surprise to see it at this elevation again and this time not that high up at canopy, but backlit with quite a lot of shadow and highlight recovery.

– very cute bird as usual. look like a Panda

– 第二次在这么高海拔见到它还要站的不是太高。。可是背光太厉害，后期用了点时间。

– 非常可爱的小熊猫。

 

update 2020 Oct

update 2017 Sept 7

 

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3. Peregrine Falcon, 游隼, 遊隼, Falco peregrinus, バアバリアハヤブサ, RAJAWALI KEMBARA

– fastest bird of the world

– Found across the globe; considerable plumage variation across subspecies

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update 202104

– we were actually searching the shorebirds near the beach and all of sudden all birds take off and we found this world’s faster bird dive down and trying to hunt the Lesser Sand Plover but it failed… and again it trying to hunt for another 2x Curlew Sandpiper but it failed again and leave without any success.

– it really dives down and flying all direction fast and make many frames out of focus. It can reach over 320 km/h while diving for hunting.

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_falcon

– 我们在看水鸟。突然间，全部鸟都起飞。我们看到这世界上飞最快的鸟来了个突袭可是连捕捉3只鸟都不成功。

– 这鸟飞的真快。我又用了较长的焦段，错过很多很好的一幕。在追捕猎物时，速度可以到达 320km/h.

update 202012

3i. Peregrine Falcon (Indo-Pacific), 游隼, 遊隼, Falco peregrinus ernesti, バアバリアハヤブサ, RAJAWALI KEMBARA TROPIKA

– a rufous front, almost full dark head

update 202110

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More pictures from Flickr: Falconidae series: Falconet | 隼科 | liewwk Nature

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