Birds and Nature Photography in Malaysia: Black-thighed Falconet

01 May 2009

Black-thighed Falconet - SkyWatch Friday

This is one of the smallest birds of prey. (size: only 16cm)

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Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius)

ORDER: Falconiformes

FAMILY: Falconidae

There are five species in the genus Microhierax, two of them are in Malaysia;
# Black-thighed Falconet, Microhierax fringillarius
# White-fronted Falconet, Microhierax latifrons -- Endemic in Sabah & Sarawak

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"Do they not look at the birds, held poised in the midst of (the air and) the sky? Nothing holds them up but (the power of) Allah. Verily in this are signs for those who believe". Surah An-Nahl (The Bee) 16:79

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Surah Al-Israq, verse 4 (17:4 Al-Quran).

َقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا

And We warned the Children of ISRAIL in the Scripture, “You will certainly cause corruption in the land twice, and you will become extremely arrogant!.

Surah Al-Israq, verse 5 (17:5 Al-Quran).

فَاِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ اُوۡلٰٮهُمَا بَعَثۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ عِبَادًا لَّنَاۤ اُولِىۡ بَاۡسٍ شَدِيۡدٍ فَجَاسُوۡا خِلٰلَ الدِّيَارِ ؕ وَكَانَ وَعۡدًا مَّفۡعُوۡلًا‏

So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours – those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes, and it was a promise fulfilled.

Ya Allah, kami letakkan Kamu di batang leher musuh-musuh kami, dan kami berlindung denganmu dari kejahatan mereka. Ya Allah hancurkan kumpulan mereka. Ya Allah pecahkan pakatan mereka. Ya Allah leburkan dan lumpuhkan pendirian mereka. Ya Allah goncangkanlah kaki-kaki mereka. Cengkamkan anjing-anjingmu kepada mereka. Ya Allah yang Maha Memaksa. Ya Allah yang Maha Perkasa. Ya Allah yang Maha Membalas, Ya Allah, yang menurunkan kitab (al-Quran), yang menggerakkan awan, yang menewaskan tentera Ahzab. Kalahkan musuh umat Islam, kalahkan mereka, kalahkan mereka. Dan berilah pertolongan dan kemenangan untuk umat Islam terhadap mereka.”

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01 May 2009

Black-thighed Falconet - SkyWatch Friday