Falopex

Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Falco alopex

(Heuglin, 1861)

Family: Falconidae

Order: Falconiformes

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Cernícalo zorruno

CMS App II

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES II

(Europe: SPEC threat status )

Migration: partial

intracontinental

Falco alopex

Sedentary in some intermediate areas, but generally moves S from drier areas across whole range in dry season (Oct-Mar) to attend bush fires, then N with rains to nest on rocky outcrops; some vagrants further S into Kenya, NE Tanzania and NE Zaire in Sept-Feb after breeding. Population breeding furthest S, in Turkana Valley (Kenya), may be resident.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa