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Herpetotheres cachinnan
The Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans), also called the Snake Hawk (erroneously, since it is not a hawk), is a medium-sized bird of prey in the falcon family (Falconidae), the only member of the genus Herpetotheres. This Neotropical species is a specialist snake-eater. Its common and scientific names both refer to its distinctive voice.
It occupies varied habitats, usually including at least scattered trees; it prefers humid regions to arid ones and tends to avoid closed forest. They are most common in Central America and tropical South America.
I've uploaded all the butterflies I saw in Costa Rica, now for the birds!
Spotted on Jul 5, 2013
Submitted on Sep 17, 2013
41 Comments (1–25)
thanks Sachin....
Congratulations pamsai !!
Thanks for sharing lovely series,
thanks Karen...
Great capture Pam!
thanks Fyn...
thanks Satyen
Nice spotting! Congrats Pam!
Well Gilma, may be soon than I thought! My friend has asked me to house-sit down near Dominical for the last 2 weeks of October! May be a bit too much travelling, but I'll see. And i'm longing to get back home to India now... It's been a lot of travelling, a lot of countries, and a lot of spottings to upload! Age has some benefits!
Thank you so much, pamsai.
Hope to have you in my country, Costa Rica soon again and as we say here... PURA VIDA!!
Amazing shots of such a beautiful species!
thank you Gilma. Always nice to get a comment from you as you have seen and experienced the spottings in their natural habitat, hence I feel a camraderie with you...
Oh...and congratulations on the SOTD, well deserve, pansai.
Fantastic!! Love his call, great pictures, pamsai.
And Leonardo, the backlog of spottings I have from Central America, and now Japan will keep me posting for some time yet. Might not be finished before 2014! And then there is India again...
thanks everyone. This SOTD came perfectly timed... I needed a pick-me-up, and this SOTD really did it. Someone up there is definitely looking out for me! All your kind comments and fav's made my day.
Beautiful series Pam! Congrats on the SOTD.
beautiful animal! congrats on the SOTD
Awesome capture Pamsai,great series,congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing such a beautiful and interesting spotting page
Congrats Pam!!
Beautiful shot, beautiful bird! Congrats on SOTD, pamsai. Keep posting, my friend!
Congratulations!! You have so many wonderful spottings!!!!
Wow what a awesome raptor! Great spotting, well deserved :) congrats!
Beautiful and Amazing!
Congratulations on this lovely spotting, pamsai!!
As I write this message, I am listening to this beautiful bird laugh on YouTube ... it really does sound like laughing. Makes me smile. Congratulations on your SOTD!