All rights to these images are reserved. Educational use permitted. Aplomado Falcons are most often seen in pairs. They do not build their own nests, but use stick nests built by other birds.
Pairs work together to find prey and flush it from cover.
Aplomados are fast fliers, and often chase prey animals as they try to escape into dense grass. Parents make 25-30 hunting attempts per day in order to feed their young. Chicks are fed 6 or more times each day. Aplomado Falcons are endangered because their grassland habitat has been altered by overgrazing and brush invasion. Changing rangeland into farmland has destroyed large areas of habitat.