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- The bird usually breeds in Tropical Mexico, Central and South America, and Trinidad.
- Bat falcons typically weigh between 4.8 and 8.5 ounces.
- The Bat Falcon in question was believed to be a “juvenile.”
A bat falcon was observed for the first time in the U.S. in December, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.
The agency said in a social media post on Tuesday that the bird was spotted at the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in South Texas.
“Do I have something on my face? Why is everyone looking at me,” the agency captioned a pair of photos on Facebook.
“Everyone that can catch a glimpse is looking at this bat falcon right now,” the agency added. “This is the first recorded time that a bat falcon has ever been seen in the U.S.!”
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Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge said in a separate post the bird usually breeds in Tropical Mexico, Central and South America and Trinidad. A bat falcon typically weighs 4.8 and 8.5 ounces.
The bat falcon in question was believed to be a “juvenile for its buff-cinnamon throat and (chest) bars, judging by the thickness of the tarsus and beak it (seems) like a male,” the refuge wrote in the post.
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