sooty falcon
falco concolor latin

The most similar species is the Sooty Falcon which has a more rounded head, long wings extending past the tail and less yellow around the eye.

Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor) of the North African desert.

Sooty Falcon - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor)

The Sooty Falcon is sometimes considered its closest relative, but while they certainly belong to the same lineage, they do not seem to be close sister species.

Also there may be some superficial resemblance to Sooty Falcon and Grey Kestrel, but those two species both have yellow feet and cere.

The Sooty Falcon eats mainly birds, but it will take large insects, such as dragonflies, which are transferred from talons to beak and eaten in flight.

SOOTY FALCON Falco concolor.

The Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor) is a medium-sized falcon breeding from northeastern Africa to the southern Persian Gulf region.

Two Western Palearctic falcons winter entirely (Eleonora's Falcon) or mainly (Sooty Falcon) on Madagascar.

Other species of Falco - for example, Sooty Falcon, Eleonora's Falcon, and the Peregrine Falcon - occur as occasional visitors in the region during migration.

The southerly Nhaquene Swamp and Saco Bay are strongholds for the Sooty Falcon, while Terns roost on northerly Portuguese Island .

Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor) of the North African desert.

Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor)

SOOTY FALCON Falco concolor.

The Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor) is a medium-sized falcon breeding from northeastern Africa to the southern Persian Gulf region.