Fsubnige

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

Falco subniger

GR Gray, 1843

Family: Falconidae

Order: Falconiformes

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Black falcon

Rußfalke

Faucon noir

Halcón negro

CMS App II

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES II

(Europe: SPEC threat status )

Migration: partial

unclear, intracontinental

Falco subniger

Poorly understood. Partly migratory and dispersive; apparently some regular movement N for winter and S for summer, with irruptive occurences related to drought or good rains in arid and semi-arid zones, local abundance of quails or plagues of other prey species.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Oceania