bird · Falconiformes · Falconidae

Pygmy Falcon

Polihierax semitorquatus (A.Smith, 1836) — also called African Pygmy Falcon, African Pygmy-falcon, African pygmy falcon. Occurrence records of the Pygmy Falcon are shared on GBIF from around 5 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Tswalu Kalahari Reserve (598 records).

IUCN: Least concernFalconidae

5reserves with records

1 051records around them

1provinces

LCIUCN category

Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NC Northern Cape	598
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	334
Mokala National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	104
Spitskop NatuurtuinNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	8
The Koppie Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	7

By province

Northern Cape: 5 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Scientific name: Polihierax semitorquatus
GBIF taxon: 2481096
Wikidata: Q513174

More of the Falconidae family

Rock Kestrel Amur Falcon Peregrine Falcon Lanner Falcon Greater Kestrel Lesser Kestrel

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.