Sooty falcon
| Sooty falcon | |
|---|---|
| Allée Des Baobabs near Morondava, Madagascar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes |
| Family: | Falconidae |
| Genus: | Falco |
| Subgenus: | Falco |
| Species: | F. concolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Falco concolor Temminck, 1825
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| Global range. Orange dots: Breeding colonies Blue: Wintering range | |
The sooty falcon (Falco concolor) is a medium-sized falcon, breeding from northeastern Africa to the southern Persian Gulf region, and wintering in East Africa (Mozambique, eastern South Africa) and Madagascar.