Aplomado+Falcon

AplomadoFalcon // Falco Femoralis //



Imagine yourself as a muskrat minding your own business when suddenly, from a high perch, an Aplomado Falcon swoops down and snatches you up. The Aplomado Falcon has been known as a fighter. They often start fights with themselves for fun. The Aplomado Falcon, nationally known as the //Falco //femoralis, has been endangered since 1986. Aplomado means dark gray in Spanish. It eats some trees and shrubs and lives in the grasslands of Southern Texas and New Mexico and to the southern tip of South America. Come and visit our exhibit to learn more about this majestic bird.

The Aplomado Falcon belongs to the bird species. This falcon has feathers and hollow bones so it could fly. It lays hard shell eggs. It also is a warm blooded animal. The Aplomado Falcon is a vertebrate. That means that they have a backbone.

The Aplomado falcon is a unique species. The falcon has white streaks which start at its eyes. This makes the falcon look like it is wearing a mask. The Aplomado Falcon can attack prey in the air or on land. The falcon can attack a lot of prey on foot. When the falcon is found in a nest, that means it has been abandoned by or taken by force. They lay between 2-3 eggs.

Chris, Cormac, and Sean