Sooty Falcon
Falco concolorTemminck, CJ, 1825
English (US) Sooty Falcon
The Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras) in the order Falconiformes.
Range: breeds rocky areas of northeastern Africa; winters to southern Africa and MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Falco concolor
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Sooty Falcon
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1825
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1825
- Type locality
- Senegal, etc.; restricted to Barqan Island, Gulf of Aqaba, by Vaurie, 1965, Birds Pal. Fauna, Non-Passeriformes, p. 227.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.56, vol.1 pl.330,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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