Back Dwergvalk Afrikaans صقر قزم Arabic صقر قزم ARZ Afrika kiçik qızılquşu Azerbaijani Polihierax semitorquatus Bulgarian Falconet africà Catalan Polihierax semitorquatus CEB Corhebog Affrica Welsh Afrikansk pygmæfalk Danish Afrika nanofalko Esperanto
| Pygmy falcon | |
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| Male in Buffalo Springs National Park, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes |
| Family: | Falconidae |
| Subfamily: | Falconinae |
| Genus: | Polihierax Kaup, 1847 |
| Species: | P. semitorquatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Polihierax semitorquatus (Smith, A, 1836)
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The African pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)—or simply pygmy falcon—is a diminutive raptor native to eastern and southern Africa. It is the sole species in its monotypic genus, Polihierax. The pygmy falcon is the smallest bird of prey on the African continent, and among the smallest raptors on earth; only the Asian falconets (of the genus Microhierax) are smaller, weighing roughly 30-40 grams less and measuring about 5 cm shorter from head-to-tail.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Polihierax semitorquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22696313A93554647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696313A93554647.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.