Distribution and habitat Found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna. The IUCN considers it "near-threatened" by habitat loss due to logging and forest fires, and possibly hunting. Behaviour Feeding White-rumped falcons feed on lizards and insects, which are taken from the ground or in trees. Unlike Microhierax falconets, they do not hawk insects from the air. Breeding This species has been little studied in the wild. It uses holes in trees for nesting, the female incubates the eggs during the day. The female lays a clutch of two white eggs, approximately 35 mm long. A pair have been observed to nest in a woodpecker hole, both the male and female roosting there overnight. Notes References External links Media Photographs at Oriental Bird Images. Sound recordings at xeno-canto. Taxonomy Original species description, via Biodiversity Heritage Library or Wiley. Neohierax original genus description. Monotypic bird genera white-rumped falcon Birds of prey of Asia Birds of Indochina white-rumped falcon white-rumped falcon Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN