Sooty Falcon - Falco concolor - Falconidae - Birds of India - Avifauna

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves (Birds) Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae

Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor)

Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor) is a scarce summer visitor in India.

Size: 33-36 cm

Identification: Sooty Falcon is slim, pale grey, with very long wings. The tail is also very long and wedge-shaped at the tip. The flight feathers are blackish. Found in dry rocky areas.


Anseriformes	Apodiformes	Bucerotiformes	Caprimulgiformes	Charadriiformes	Ciconiiformes	Columbiformes	Coraciiformes	Cuculiformes

Falconiformes	Galliformes	Gaviiformes	Gruiformes	Passeriformes	Pelecaniformes	Phoenicopteriformes	Piciformes	Podicipediformes

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