Fconcolo

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

Falco concolor

Temminck, 1825

Family: Falconidae

Order: Falconiformes

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Sooty falcon

Schieferfalke

Faucon concolore

Halcón pizarroso

CMS App II

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES II

(Europe: SPEC threat status )

Migration: intercontinental

Falco concolor

Migratory, wintering mainly in Madagascar; also, to lesser extent, on African mainland, in coastal Mozambique and E South Africa, with some birds perhaps further inland. Arrives in Madagascar from late Oct; last birds leave in early May, arriving in breeding areas mainly in Apr, in Israel from late Oct; late birds leave in early May, arriving in breeding areas mainly in Apr, in Israel from late Apr. Rare spring passage migrant to NW Somalia, where often claimed to breed.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: North Africa, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia